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

2. What is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Blues.
(c) Calypso.
(d) Reggae.

3. What is the one thing Judianne says she learned from her mother in "Judianne Alexander"?
(a) How to sew.
(b) How to garden.
(c) How to clean.
(d) How to play bridge.

4. Who does Judianne say every boy in school has a crush on in "Judianne Alexander"?
(a) Chankara Troupe.
(b) Tanisha Scott.
(c) Diondra Jordan.
(d) Gloria Martinez.

5. What does the author claim to be by way of metaphor in the poem "Inside"?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A tree.
(c) A frog.
(d) A coconut.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Devon say "hardly speaks, and he never hangs with any of the brothers I know" in "Devon Hope"?

3. In "Leslie Lucas," Leslie claims she likes Sheryl Crow while the other kids at her school like who?

4. Diondra wishes she were as bold as who in "Diondra Jordan"?

5. Who does Tyrone describe as "all hopped up about working on Broadway" in "Tyrone Bitting"?

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