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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lupe, p. 65 to Tyrone, p. 81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous music hall and theater where many black musicians and comedians started their careers is mentioned in "Long Live Langston"?
(a) Ford's Theatre.
(b) The Apollo.
(c) Chicago Theatre.
(d) Broadway Theatre.

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

3. In "El Noche," the author writes of the earth being hollow as a what?
(a) Coconut.
(b) Flute.
(c) Tunnel.
(d) Bell.

4. 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) 30.
(b) 27.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

5. In the poem "Inside," the author writes [I] "feel you poke me / with the sharp tip of your" what?
(a) "Vocal Knife."
(b) "Booted words."
(c) "Piercing Gaze."
(d) "Sinister Intentions."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Devon sneak off to when he tells his friends he's going to basketball practice in "Devon Hope"?

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

3. In the poem "If," the author writes "If I stood on tiptoe / reached up and sculpted / mountains from ____ / would you laugh out loud?"

4. 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"?

5. After reading his poem in class, Wesley is told by "Teach" that he still expects what from him in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone"?

(see the answer key)

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