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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sheila, p. 133 to Tyrone, p. 145.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "hangs on the wall" in the poem "The Door"?
(a) Love.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Purity.
(d) Fear.

2. Leslie says in "Leslie Lucas" that if it weren't for her mom dying, she'd be back where with her friends?
(a) Ossining.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) South Carolina.

3. What team does Devon say they are playing tonight in "Devon"?
(a) Cherry Hill.
(b) St. Mary's.
(c) Bronx Science.
(d) Camden.

4. Devon says that he feels like he's trying to break out of a box that says what, in "Devon"?
(a) "Dumb jock."
(b) "Thug."
(c) "Poor kid."
(d) "Skinny nerd."

5. What does the newspaper headline say which Mr. Ward brings and shows the class?
(a) "Inner City Gold."
(b) "Youthful Talent."
(c) "Student Poets Bloom in the Bronx."
(d) "Creativity Thrives in Poor Neighborhood."

Short Answer Questions

1. What "infantile game" does Sterling say the guys at school are always trying to draw him into in "Sterling S. Hughes"?

2. Who does Tyrone say got into the paper in his commentary after the poem "The Door"?

3. Who wrote "Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide"?

4. Whose eye does Devon describe catching in the cafeteria line in "Devon"?

5. What does the author claim to be by way of metaphor in the poem "Inside"?

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