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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lupe, p. 146 to Tyrone, p. 156.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "hangs on the wall" in the poem "The Door"?
(a) Purity.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Innocence.

2. Who does Lupe say she broke up with last night in "Lupe"?
(a) Sterling.
(b) Tyrone.
(c) Marco.
(d) Raynard.

3. What refers to a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody?
(a) Bebop.
(b) Ska.
(c) Reggae.
(d) Gospel.

4. Lupe says that "getting to college takes more than" what in "Lupe"?
(a) Wishing.
(b) Money.
(c) Good looks.
(d) Studying.

5. Whose walk does Sheila attempt to imitate in "Sheila"?
(a) Amy's.
(b) Porscha's.
(c) Tanisha's.
(d) Gloria's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1943, Langston Hughes began publishing stories about what character who was an everyday black man in Harlem and offered musings on topical issues of the day?

2. In "Attendance," the author writes, "Can't hop on the subway / without thinkin' of" what?

3. What is one thing "these ladies know how to do" according to Tyrone in his commentary of "El Noche"?

4. Who does Tyrone describe as "all hopped up about working on Broadway" in "Tyrone Bitting"?

5. Tyrone says that his dad didn't make it to what age because he was killed in a drive-by shooting in "Tyrone Bitting"?

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