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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "infantile game" does Sterling say the guys at school are always trying to draw him into in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
(a) Butts up.
(b) The Dozens.
(c) Four square.
(d) Basketball.

2. Devon says that he feels like he's trying to break out of a box that says what, in "Devon"?
(a) "Skinny nerd."
(b) "Dumb jock."
(c) "Thug."
(d) "Poor kid."

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

4. Tyrone says that his dad didn't make it to what age because he was killed in a drive-by shooting in "Tyrone Bitting"?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 27.
(d) 30.

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

6. Where does Devon sneak off to when he tells his friends he's going to basketball practice in "Devon Hope"?
(a) The police station.
(b) Church.
(c) The library.
(d) A park.

7. What does the "S." in "Sterling S. Hughes" stand for?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Sanford.
(c) Samson.
(d) Steven.

8. Janelle wishes she had whose perfect complexion in "Janelle Battle"?
(a) Porscha's.
(b) Tanisha's.
(c) Sheila's.
(d) Judianne's.

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

10. What refers to a famous time period in American history in which black writers, artists and musicians showcased their work in New York City?
(a) The Harlem Renaissance.
(b) The Black Breakthrough.
(c) The Civil Rights Era.
(d) The Manhattan Jazz Years.

11. Diondra says that she likes drawing portraits in what medium in "Diondra Jordan"?
(a) Chalk.
(b) Charcoal.
(c) Paint.
(d) Watercolor.

12. Who "tries to act like he's not even interested in school, like there's no point in studying hard, or dreaming about tomorrow, or bothering to graduate" in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone"?
(a) Raul.
(b) Tyrone.
(c) Sterling.
(d) Wesley.

13. Who is the author of "God's Trombones"?
(a) Thomas Hardy.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) James Weldon Johnson.
(d) Evelyn Waugh.

14. The author describes painting a ribbon of what "on your windowsill" in "If"?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Night.
(d) Clouds.

15. In "Leslie Lucas," Leslie claims she likes Sheryl Crow while the other kids at her school like who?
(a) Lauryn Hill.
(b) Beyonce.
(c) Janet Jackson.
(d) Queen Latifah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Judianne says she learned from her mother in "Judianne Alexander"?

2. Wesley describes writing a poem about what poet in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone"?

3. 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?

4. In the poem "Inside," the author writes [I] "feel you poke me / with the sharp tip of your" what?

5. With what other girls did Tanisha Scott ask Mr. Ward if they could do a group project?

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