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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. The author describes painting a ribbon of what "on your windowsill" in "If"?
(a) Night.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Fortune.

2. What is the buoy called in the poem "Common Ground"?
(a) Love.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Pride.

3. Who does Judianne say she has "a thing for" in "Judianne Alexander"?
(a) Steve.
(b) Raynard.
(c) Wesley.
(d) Tyrone.

4. Where does Devon sneak off to when he tells his friends he's going to basketball practice in "Devon Hope"?
(a) The police station.
(b) The library.
(c) Church.
(d) A park.

5. What poet does Tyrone say sounds a lot like rap in "Tyrone Bitting"?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Dylan Thomas.
(c) Quincy Troupe.
(d) Claude McKay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has long been something of an "outsider" art form that exists somewhere outside the mainstream, having been conceived in the 1920s by African-Americans?

2. Diondra says that she likes drawing portraits in what medium in "Diondra Jordan"?

3. Who does Judianne say every boy in school has a crush on in "Judianne Alexander"?

4. In "Attendance," the author writes, "Can't hop on the subway / without thinkin' of" what?

5. In the poem "If," the author writes "If I stood on tiptoe / reached up and sculpted / mountains from ____ / would you laugh out loud?"

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