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

2. What is the name of the English teacher who encourages the students in the book?
(a) Mr. Smith.
(b) Mr. Ward.
(c) Mr. Boone.
(d) Mr. Jones.

3. Who does Devon claim is a "gangsta in sheep's clothing" in "Devon Hope"?
(a) Raul.
(b) Wesley.
(c) Sterling.
(d) Tyrone.

4. After reading his poem in class, Wesley is told by "Teach" that he still expects what from him in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone"?
(a) A perfect midterm.
(b) An essay.
(c) One hundred percent.
(d) Honesty.

5. What book does Janelle slip onto Devon's desk in "Devon Hope"?
(a) The Holy Bible.
(b) The Rose That Grew From Concrete.
(c) The Panther & the Lash.
(d) The Jungle Book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1943, Langston Hughes began publishing stories about what character who was an everyday black man in Harlem and offered musings on topical issues of the day?

3. In "Wesley Bad Boy Boone," Wesley says he has the longest list of excuses for missing what?

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

5. 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?

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