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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. 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.

2. In "Attendance," the author writes, "We are all here, / Leslie and Bad Boy, Lupe and" who?
(a) Raul.
(b) Tyrone.
(c) Sterling.
(d) Steve.

3. Where does Leslie say she grew up in "Leslie Lucas"?
(a) Humboldt County.
(b) King County.
(c) Westchester County.
(d) Riverside County.

4. Who does Leslie claim "has the reputation for being a little touched in the head" in "Leslie Lucas"?
(a) Porscha Johnson.
(b) Raul Ramirez.
(c) Gloria Martinez.
(d) Tyrone Bittings.

5. In the poem "If," the author writes "If I stood on tiptoe / reached up and sculpted / mountains from ____ / would you laugh out loud?"
(a) Stars.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Clay.
(d) Clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janelle say the kids call her behind her back in "Janelle Battle"?

2. What refers to a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody?

3. What does Janelle daydream as her last name in "Janelle Battle"?

4. Janelle wishes she were tall and elegant like who, in "Janelle Battle"?

5. Who "tries to act like he's not even interested in school, like there's no point in studying hard, or dreaming about tomorrow, or bothering to graduate" in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone"?

(see the answer key)

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