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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Approximately how long a gap in performance history did Sonny have before taking the narrator to his performance?
(a) A week.
(b) A decade.
(c) A month.
(d) A year.
2. In what season does Grace die?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.
3. On what does Sonny purpose to rely for education?
(a) Stafford Loans.
(b) GI Bill.
(c) Pell Grants.
(d) High School.
4. In front of what kind of eatery is the sidewalk revival?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Barbecue.
(c) Jerk chicken.
(d) Pizza.
5. What drink is served to Sonny at the piano?
(a) Bourbon, neat.
(b) White Russian.
(c) Scotch and soda.
(d) Scotch and milk.
Short Answer Questions
1. What musician does Sonny applaud?
2. On what avenue does the narrator live?
3. How old is Grace when she dies?
4. Who rails at Sonny about truancy?
5. What instrument does the narrator initially think Sonny will play?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Isabel realize that Sonny has left?
2. Why does the narrator posit that passers-by doubt the holiness of those conducting the sidewalk revival?
3. What effect does Grace’s death have on Isabel?
4. How does the narrator depict the common experience of hearing music?
5. Why does Sonny make a point of smoking in front of the narrator after his mother’s death?
6. Why does the narrator express misgivings about Sonny going into music?
7. What effect does the narrator notice the sidewalk revival has on its attendees?
8. What does the narrator perceive Creole asserting “the blues were all about” (47)?
9. How does the narrator depict the performer’s experience of music?
10. What revelation does Sonny report from listening to the sidewalk revival?
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