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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. Janelle wishes she were tall and elegant like who, in "Janelle Battle"?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Tanisha.
(c) Diondra.
(d) Lupe.

2. What does Tyrone say the room sounded like after the reading of "What's in a Name"?
(a) A cave.
(b) A dance hall.
(c) A tomb.
(d) A library.

3. Who does Leslie refer to as "the one girl in class almost nobody knows anything about" in "Leslie Lucas"?
(a) Amy Moscowitz.
(b) Porscha Johnson.
(c) Sheila Gamberoni.
(d) Diondra Jordan.

4. Whose daughter does Amy envy in "Amy Moscowitz"?
(a) Mr.Johnson's.
(b) Mr. Diaz's.
(c) Mr. Smith's.
(d) Mr. Ward's.

5. What did Amy get sick with and have to go to the hospital for two years ago in "Amy Moscowitz"?
(a) The flu.
(b) Appendicitis.
(c) Swine flu.
(d) Chicken pox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Steve's dad say the family was moving to in "Steve Ericson"?

2. What is the last comment about dreams in the poem "Doubtless"?

3. What is one thing "these ladies know how to do" according to Tyrone in his commentary of "El Noche"?

4. What setting is described in the poem "Ode to Stone"?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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