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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) Suicide.
(c) Drive-by shooting.
(d) Stabbing.

2. Who sends Lupe a note to ask if she's okay in "Lupe"?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Sheila.
(c) Raul.
(d) Tyrone.

3. What book does Janelle slip onto Devon's desk in "Devon Hope"?
(a) The Jungle Book.
(b) The Rose That Grew From Concrete.
(c) The Panther & the Lash.
(d) The Holy Bible.

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

5. What does Devon write is "the only box I belong in" in the poem "BlacK Box"?
(a) "My body."
(b) "Human."
(c) "American."
(d) "New Yorker."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lupe say she broke up with last night in "Lupe"?

2. What has long been something of an "outsider" art form that exists somewhere outside the mainstream, having been conceived in the 1920s by African-Americans?

3. What team does Devon say they are playing tonight in "Devon"?

4. Who does Devon say "hardly speaks, and he never hangs with any of the brothers I know" in "Devon Hope"?

5. Janelle wishes she had whose perfect complexion in "Janelle Battle"?

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