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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sheila, p. 133 to Tyrone, p. 145.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Ward tell Tyrone he plans to do with the videotape of the poems in "Tyrone"?
(a) Show them to his next class.
(b) Sell copies online.
(c) Enter it in a national contest.
(d) Get it on t.v.

2. Who catches Sheila's eye and shakes her head before going back to a drawing in "Sheila Gamberoni"?
(a) Chankara.
(b) Porscha.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Diondra.

3. In "Ode to Stone," the author writes "Let me be _____ / and I promise / I'll show you how to take / a shellacking."
(a) Obsidian.
(b) Granite.
(c) Marble.
(d) Sandstone.

4. What is the buoy called in the poem "Common Ground"?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Love.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Pride.

5. In "Wesley Bad Boy Boone," Wesley says he has the longest list of excuses for missing what?
(a) Homework.
(b) School.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Gloria's baby?

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. Who does Leslie claim "has the reputation for being a little touched in the head" in "Leslie Lucas"?

4. What does Devon write is "the only box I belong in" in the poem "BlacK Box"?

5. What is the name of the English teacher who encourages the students in the book?

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