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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "your heart" in the metaphor made by the narrator in "Basketball Rule #1"?
(a) "The fans."
(b) "The court."
(c) "The hoop."
(d) "The ball."

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

3. What time is it when a cop pulls over Josh's dad in "Game Time: 6:00 p.m."?
(a) 5:28 p.m.
(b) 5:44 p.m.
(c) 5:35 p.m.
(d) 4:45 p.m.

4. What stylistic literary device is evident in the following phrase from "Showoff"? "... a sick slick sliding sweet seven-foot shot."
(a) Sonorance.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Allusion.

5. In "Basketball Rule #1" the narrator says, "In this game of life, your family is" what?
(a) "The ball."
(b) "The court."
(c) "The hoop."
(d) "The fans."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Josh describe going on his way home after practice in "Second-Person"?

3. Where does Josh say his mother is in "Too Good"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Josh's father respond to Josh's concerns about JB in the second poem titled "Conversation" in "Second Quarter"?

2. What does Coach Hawkins have his team do in "At Practice"? Why?

3. Why does Josh pretend to be JB on the phone when Alexis first calls? What do Josh and Alexis talk about?

4. How do JB and Josh respond to their father's collapse in "I"m on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?

5. What literary device stand out the most in the poem "Showoff"? What are examples?

6. How does Josh define "Tipping Point" in the poem with the same name?

7. How does Josh describe his brother in "Jordan Bell"?

8. How did Josh Bell get his nickname? What is the significance of Josh's nickname?

9. What are some examples of stylistic choices made by the author in the poem "Dribbling"?

10. What is the meaning of the title to the poem "Second-Person"?

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