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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. Which of the following songs is sung at the sidewalk revival?
(a) “When They Ring Those Golden Bells.”
(b) “If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again!”
(c) “When I Hear My Children Pray.”
(d) “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven.”

2. Which instrument is played at the sidewalk revival?
(a) Tambourine.
(b) Mandolin.
(c) Melodica.
(d) Harmonica.

3. On what does Sonny purpose to rely for education?
(a) GI Bill.
(b) High School.
(c) Pell Grants.
(d) Stafford Loans.

4. To get away from what had Sonny first left Harlem?
(a) Mafiosi.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Memories.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rails at Sonny about truancy?

2. To which of the following does the narrator compare the drummer?

3. On what avenue does the narrator live?

4. From where does Sonny send mail to the narrator?

5. Which of the following does Sonny play with Creole?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 common experience of hearing music?

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

9. How does Isabel realize that Sonny has left?

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

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