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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does JB do when his father appears to be having a stroke in "I'm on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?
(a) He calls for his mother.
(b) He slaps him.
(c) He goes inside to call 911.
(d) He sprays him with the garden hose.

2. Where does the narrator say JB wants to attend college in "JB and I"?
(a) Mississippi State.
(b) Carolina Blue.
(c) LSU.
(d) Ohio State.

3. Why is Josh's father pulled over in "Game Time: 6:00 p.m."?
(a) Because he ran a streetlight.
(b) Because of a broken taillight.
(c) Because he ran a stop sign.
(d) Because he was speeding.

4. What musician does the narrator describe listening to with his father in "How I Got My Nickname"?
(a) Louis Armstrong.
(b) Horace Silver.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Miles Davis.

5. In the poem "Dribbling," the narrator states, "At the top of the key, I'm / MOVING AND GROOVING, / POPping and" what?
(a) "SLACKING."
(b) "SOCKing."
(c) "ROCKING."
(d) "BOPPING."

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end of "Mom Calls Me into the Kitchen," Josh questions if what is really the answer?

2. Whom does Josh say JB is too shy to talk to in "Ironic"?

3. What does the narrator's mother compare his father with in the poem "Josh Bell"?

4. What does the narrator say his twin brother is in "Jordan Bell"?

5. What does Jordan insist that everyone call him, according to the narrator in "Jordan Bell"?

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