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

2. What is one thing "these ladies know how to do" according to Tyrone in his commentary of "El Noche"?
(a) Be warm and tender.
(b) Be spiteful and mean.
(c) Be soft and strong.
(d) Be sassy and confrontational.

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

4. Who does Leslie refer to as "the one girl in class almost nobody knows anything about" in "Leslie Lucas"?
(a) Porscha Johnson.
(b) Sheila Gamberoni.
(c) Amy Moscowitz.
(d) Diondra Jordan.

5. What does the author claim to be by way of metaphor in the poem "Inside"?
(a) A tree.
(b) A frog.
(c) A coconut.
(d) A tiger.

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 wrote the 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?

3. Tanisha claims that she's so tired of people making a big deal over her good what in "Tanisha Scott"?

4. What famous music hall and theater where many black musicians and comedians started their careers is mentioned in "Long Live Langston"?

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

(see the answer key)

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