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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Devon, p. 82 to Tyrone, p. 101.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the death of Porscha Johnson's mother in the narrative?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Drive-by shooting.

2. What name does Devon claim everyone calls him in "Devon Hope"?
(a) Penalty Shot.
(b) Hail Mary.
(c) Jump Shot.
(d) Free Throw.

3. What does Janelle refer to herself as in "Janelle Battle"?
(a) "250 Pounds of Heaven."
(b) "Full Figured Goddess."
(c) "Bootylicious."
(d) "Thighs 'R' Us."

4. What friend of Tanisha's does she say is also light-skinned in "Tanisha Scott"?
(a) Judianne.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Porscha.
(d) Sterling.

5. What color eyes does Tanisha Scott have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janelle daydream as her last name in "Janelle Battle"?

2. What "infantile game" does Sterling say the guys at school are always trying to draw him into in "Sterling S. Hughes"?

3. What is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads?

4. What is the buoy called in the poem "Common Ground"?

5. On what subject did Tanisha Scott ask Mr. Ward if she and two other girls could do a group project?

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