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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. What instrument does the narrator initially think Sonny will play?
(a) Bass.
(b) Drums.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Piano.

2. On what day does Sonny invite the narrator to hear him play?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

3. Approximately how long a gap in performance history did Sonny have before taking the narrator to his performance?
(a) A month.
(b) A year.
(c) A week.
(d) A decade.

4. From what does Grace die?
(a) Polio.
(b) Meningitis.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Measles.

5. To what does the narrator compare Creole’s musicians?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Geese.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Swans.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does Sonny purpose to rely for education?

2. Which of the following do the narrator and Sonny drink together?

3. In what season does Grace die?

4. On what avenue does the narrator live?

5. In what branch of the military had Sonny served?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Isabel realize that Sonny has left?

2. Why does the narrator express misgivings about Sonny going into music?

3. What effect does Grace’s death have on Isabel?

4. What effect does the narrator notice the sidewalk revival has on its attendees?

5. How does the narrator depict the common experience of hearing music?

6. Why does Sonny make a point of smoking in front of the narrator after his mother’s death?

7. How does the narrator depict the performer’s experience of music?

8. What revelation does Sonny report from listening to the sidewalk revival?

9. Why does the narrator posit that passers-by doubt the holiness of those conducting the sidewalk revival?

10. What does the narrator perceive Creole asserting “the blues were all about” (47)?

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