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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Porscha Johnson, p. 157 to Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Reggae.
(c) Blues.
(d) Calypso.

2. Where does Janelle work as a tutor in "Janelle"?
(a) The public library.
(b) The middle school.
(c) The high school.
(d) A private school.

3. What does Chankara shove into Porscha's mouth in "Porscha Johnson"?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Bread.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Ice cream.

4. Janelle wishes she were tall and elegant like who, in "Janelle Battle"?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Diondra.
(c) Lupe.
(d) Tanisha.

5. What does Amy say her religious beliefs are in "Amy Moscowitz"?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Christian.
(d) Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Langston Hughes born?

2. Lupe think that she wants to be what when she finishes school in "Lupe"?

3. In the poem "Imagine," the author writes of "Papi's laughter tinkling in my" what age ears?

4. What is the name of the girl who Porscha Johnson beat up?

5. Who does Porscha refer to as "Miss Shyness herself" in "Porscha Johnson"?

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