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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Diondra Jordan p. 24 to Tyrone, p. 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Jesse B. Semple.
(b) John Q. Public.
(c) Robert R. Average.
(d) Daniel P. Everybody.

2. Diondra wishes she were as bold as who in "Diondra Jordan"?
(a) Steve.
(b) Charles.
(c) Raul.
(d) Earl.

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

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) A park.
(c) The library.
(d) Church.

5. Tyrone says that his dad didn't make it to what age because he was killed in a drive-by shooting in "Tyrone Bitting"?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 30.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Wesley says in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone" that if his friend "drops out and gets a J.O.B., he won't have any time to work on" what?

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

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