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

2. The author writes in "If" of planting what kind of roses "in your garden"?
(a) Watercolor.
(b) Long stem.
(c) Thornless.
(d) Red.

3. How tall is Diondra Jordan?
(a) 6'.
(b) 5'6".
(c) 6'2".
(d) 5'9".

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

5. In "Attendance," the author writes, "Can't hop on the subway / without thinkin' of" what?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Who is the only person who knows that Diondra has been drawing since she was a child in "Diondra Jordan"?

3. 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?

4. Who "believes in praying for everybody and giving them the benefit of the doubt" according to Devon in "Devon Hope"?

5. Diondra wishes she were as bold as who in "Diondra Jordan"?

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