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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Steve Ericson, p. 114 to News at Five, p. 132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet write "is not a crime" in the poem "Doubtless"?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Love.
(c) Joy.
(d) Skateboarding.

2. Who wrote "Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide"?
(a) Imamu Amiri Baraka.
(b) Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
(c) Mirza Alakbar Sabir.
(d) Abdul Rahman Munif.

3. What does Sterling say everyone calls him in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
(a) Reverand.
(b) Saint.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Pope.

4. What is the last comment about dreams in the poem "Doubtless"?
(a) "They are so powerful."
(b) "They're portable."
(c) "They come and go."
(d) "They are forgotten."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janelle refer to herself as in "Janelle Battle"?

2. Who does Sterling say has some direction in his life even if he "sounds like a thug in training" in "Sterling S. Hughes"?

3. In "Ode to Stone," the author writes "Let me be _____ / and I promise / I'll show you how to take / a shellacking."

4. What church does Sterling say he attends in "Sterling S. Hughes"?

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

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