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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Janelle Battle, p. 46 to Tyrone, p. 64.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the author of "Home to Harlem" in 1928?
(a) T.S.Eliot.
(b) Claude McKay.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Carl Sandburg.

3. What does Janelle daydream as her last name in "Janelle Battle"?
(a) Hope.
(b) Smith.
(c) Reynolds.
(d) Martin.

4. Who is the only person who knows that Diondra has been drawing since she was a child in "Diondra Jordan"?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Tanisha.
(c) Sheila.
(d) Lupe.

5. What name does Devon claim everyone calls him in "Devon Hope"?
(a) Free Throw.
(b) Hail Mary.
(c) Penalty Shot.
(d) Jump Shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Janelle wishes she had whose perfect complexion in "Janelle Battle"?

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

3. Who does Devon claim is a "gangsta in sheep's clothing" in "Devon Hope"?

4. Who does Leslie claim "has the reputation for being a little touched in the head" in "Leslie Lucas"?

5. In the poem "Inside," the author writes [I] "feel you poke me / with the sharp tip of your" what?

(see the answer key)

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