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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Third Quarter".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what tense is the poem "This Week, I" related?
(a) Reflexive past tense.
(b) Future tense.
(c) Past tense.
(d) Present tense.

2. How are "the unspoken words" described in the poem "After"?
(a) "Solemn and wounded."
(b) "Piercing and ominous."
(c) "Bandaged and hurt."
(d) "Volcanic and weighty."

3. What is the narrator's Number 3 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) "No one else on the team has them."
(b) "They make me feel like a king."
(c) "They remind me of my father."
(d) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."

4. What does Jordan insist that everyone call him, according to the narrator in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) Filthy McNasty.
(b) JB.
(c) Jordan.
(d) J.

5. What position does Josh Bell's mother have at his school?
(a) Basketball coach.
(b) School principal.
(c) Custodian.
(d) Assistant school principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What basketball camp did JB's girlfriend go to, according to the narrator in "Things I Learn at Dinner"?

2. What does Josh discover JB doing at the library in "Third Wheel"?

3. What is the second word that extends downward on the page in the poem "Fast Break"?

4. What does Josh describe eating for lunch in "JB and I"?

5. Where is Vondie said to be in "JB and I"?

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