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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Steve Ericson, p. 114 to News at Five, p. 132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What friend of Tanisha's does she say is also light-skinned in "Tanisha Scott"?
(a) Porscha.
(b) Sterling.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Judianne.

2. What name does Devon claim everyone calls him in "Devon Hope"?
(a) Free Throw.
(b) Hail Mary.
(c) Jump Shot.
(d) Penalty Shot.

3. Who tells Steve ""Maybe your father's dream wasn't really in his heart. If a dream is in your heart, you never lose it" in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) Raul.
(b) Wesley.
(c) Tyrone.
(d) Sterling.

4. What does Tyrone say the room sounded like after the reading of "What's in a Name"?
(a) A tomb.
(b) A cave.
(c) A library.
(d) A dance hall.

5. Who does Devon say "hardly speaks, and he never hangs with any of the brothers I know" in "Devon Hope"?
(a) Tyrone.
(b) Raynard.
(c) Wesley.
(d) Sterling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide"?

2. What does Devon write is "the only box I belong in" in the poem "BlacK Box"?

3. Who does Tyrone say is right in thinking something is wrong with Sheila in "Tyrone"?

4. In the poem "Inside," the author writes [I] "feel you poke me / with the sharp tip of your" what?

5. In "Ode to Stone," the author writes "Let me be _____ / and I promise / I'll show you how to take / a shellacking."

(see the answer key)

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