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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. What does Wesley say his friend wants to be, but doesn't think he'll live long enough to achieve it in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone"?
(a) A football player.
(b) A basketball player.
(c) A hip-hop star.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

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

5. In Tyrone's commentary following Diondra's poem "If," he says "If the sista read any faster, I'd be looking for her" what?
(a) Books on tape.
(b) X-ray glasses.
(c) Supergirl cape.
(d) Source of powers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wesley describes writing a poem about what poet in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone"?

2. 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"?

3. How tall is Diondra Jordan?

4. In "Attendance," the author writes, "We are all here, / Leslie and Bad Boy, Lupe and" who?

5. What book does Janelle slip onto Devon's desk in "Devon Hope"?

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