People
Sonnys mother.
Who is Willie?
The chapter takes place here.
Where is Harlem, New York?
Sonnys first job.
What is NAACP Housing Team?
Overall theme in the chapter.
What is racism?
Sonnys real name.
Who is Carson?
Sonnys sister.
Who is Josephine?
The place Willie left for a better life.
Where is Alabama?
Sonny quits his job to work here.
What is the Jazz Club?
"We can’t go back to something we ain’t never been to in the first place. It ain’t ours anymore." (p. 255)
This quote was said by
Who is Amani?
Sonny can not join the Nation of Islam for this reason.
What is a devoted Christian woman?
The person singing at JazzMine.
Who is Amani?
The beginning of the chapter takes place where Sonny was taken.
Where is jail?
Sonny has been addicted to this drug.
What is Heroin?
" Just about breaks my heart to see you, my son, my daddy’s grandson, over here with these babies walking up and down Harlem who barely even know your name, let alone your face." (p. 262)
This quote was said by
Who is Willie?
What is 3 kids?
Father of Sonny.
Who is Robert?
Willie sings at this place.
Where is the church?
Sonny had his first child at this age.
What is 15?
“The problem was that in practice things didn’t work the way they did in theory. The practice of segregation still meant that had (name) to see white people sitting at the front of every bus he took, that he got called “boy” by every other snot-nosed white kid in sight." (p.243)
This idea of the problem with segregation is said by
Who is Sonny?
The book Sonny reads before getting bailed out of jail.
What is "The Souls of Black Folk"?
Sonnys first girl.
Who is Angela?
Amani brings Sonny here to show who she is.
What is the Housing Project?
The first person to introduce drugs to Sonny.
Who is the man in the barbershop.
Theme expressed at the end of the chapter.
“Willie pulls out a wad of cash and tells him to take it if he wants. Sonny wants to take the money, scream, and find somewhere to shoot up the dope in his shoe. But instead, he stays.”
What is family?
Two words that Sonny puts together that start with the letter "H".
What is Harlem and Heroin?