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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sterling say has some direction in his life even if he "sounds like a thug in training" in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
(a) Tyrone.
(b) Wesley.
(c) Raynard.
(d) Raul.

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

3. What church does Sterling say he attends in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
(a) First Church of Christ.
(b) First Baptist Church.
(c) Al Hamid Mosque.
(d) The Mormon Church.

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) 27.
(b) 30.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

5. Who wrote the 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?
(a) Margaret Mitchell.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Taylor Caldwell.
(d) Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.

6. Who does Lupe say she broke up with last night in "Lupe"?
(a) Sterling.
(b) Marco.
(c) Raynard.
(d) Tyrone.

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

8. What does Sterling play every Sunday in church in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Bagpipes.
(c) Organ.
(d) Guitar.

9. What is one thing "these ladies know how to do" according to Tyrone in his commentary of "El Noche"?
(a) Be spiteful and mean.
(b) Be soft and strong.
(c) Be sassy and confrontational.
(d) Be warm and tender.

10. What famous music hall and theater where many black musicians and comedians started their careers is mentioned in "Long Live Langston"?
(a) Broadway Theatre.
(b) Chicago Theatre.
(c) The Apollo.
(d) Ford's Theatre.

11. Whose eye does Devon describe catching in the cafeteria line in "Devon"?
(a) Tanisha's.
(b) Diondra's.
(c) Sheila's.
(d) Chankara's.

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

13. What caused the death of Leslie's mother in "Leslie Lucas"?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Gunfire.

14. In Tyrone's commentary following Diondra's poem "If," he says "If the sista read any faster, I'd be looking for her" what?
(a) Supergirl cape.
(b) X-ray glasses.
(c) Source of powers.
(d) Books on tape.

15. What friend of Tanisha's does she say is also light-skinned in "Tanisha Scott"?
(a) Sterling.
(b) Judianne.
(c) Porscha.
(d) Gloria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the death of Porscha Johnson's mother in the narrative?

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

3. Who does Leslie refer to as "the one girl in class almost nobody knows anything about" in "Leslie Lucas"?

4. What poet does Tyrone say sounds a lot like rap in "Tyrone Bitting"?

5. What is the buoy called in the poem "Common Ground"?

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