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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Josh see an old man reading in "Third Wheel"?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Giver.
(c) The Tipping Point.
(d) 1984.

2. Who are the narrator's favorite rappers who have dreadlocks in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) Tupac, Lil Wayne, and Dr. Dre.
(b) Jay Z, Drake, and Dr. Dre.
(c) Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, and Wale.
(d) Kanye West, Eminem, and The Noorious B.I.G.

3. What does the narrator say the only thing his brother loves more than basketball is in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) Betting.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Running.
(d) Singing.

4. What is the narrator's Number 2 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) "They remind me of my father."
(b) "They make me feel like a king."
(c) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."
(d) "No one else on the team has them."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josh's father suggest they go get at the end of the poem "Conversation"?

2. Where does the narrator's mother make his father sit during basketball games in "Mom Tells Dad"?

3. What word from "Dribbling" is spaced out across the page of the poem?

4. What stylistic literary device is evident in the following phrase from "Showoff"? "... a sick slick sliding sweet seven-foot shot."

5. What word in the poem "Filthy McNasty" is extended downward on the page?

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