Comprehension Quiz

This activity contains 5 questions.

The narrator of "Sonny's Blues" is Sonny's

algebra teacher.older brother.sergeant in the army.bass player in the band.

The narrative is revealed

through a dream sequence.in increments through an exchange of letters.through selected first-person accounts.as a flashback.

Mama had preserved the horrifying secret of

Sonny's paternity.the death of the narrator's uncle.Sonny's addiction.her own childhood.

Sonny finds a means to express his anguish in

playing the piano."terrible things" he did to himself.drugs.school work.

It is Creole who beckons Sonny to

"leave the shoreline and strike out for the deep water.""[wrap] up in some cloud, some fire, some vision all his own.""even cut your mother's throat.""[reach] for a pistol."

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