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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. Leslie says in "Leslie Lucas" that if it weren't for her mom dying, she'd be back where with her friends?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Ossining.

2. Who does Tyrone describe as "all hopped up about working on Broadway" in "Tyrone Bitting"?
(a) Dave.
(b) Steve.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) John.

3. Who "believes in praying for everybody and giving them the benefit of the doubt" according to Devon in "Devon Hope"?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Sterling.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Wesley.

4. Whose poem does Janelle say she cannot get out of her head in "Janelle"?
(a) Tanisha's.
(b) Porscha's.
(c) Sheila's.
(d) Judianne's.

5. Who does Tyrone say he had "figured him for a lightweight do-gooder who would last about five minutes in this neighborhood"?
(a) Mr. Ward.
(b) Wesley.
(c) Raynard.
(d) Steve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Janelle wishes she were tall and elegant like who, in "Janelle Battle"?

2. What does the "S." in "Sterling S. Hughes" stand for?

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

4. What refers to a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody?

5. 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?

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