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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color hair does Sheila Gamberoni have?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blond.

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

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

4. What professional poet has Mr. Ward invited to read at the next Open Night Friday in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) Pedro Pietri.
(b) Benito Pastoriza Iyodo.
(c) Manuel A. Alonso.
(d) Aurora Levins Morales.

5. Where did Steve's dad say the family was moving to in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) Oak Park.
(b) Rogersville.
(c) Yorktown Heights.
(d) Greenly Village.

6. What is the last line of "The Door"?
(a) "Happy times."
(b) "Peel away."
(c) "Away with the wind."
(d) "Different on the other side."

7. In his commentary after the poem "The Door," Tyrone says he was quoted in the newspaper saying "our poetry gives us" what?
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Voice.
(c) Release.
(d) Peace.

8. What "hangs on the wall" in the poem "The Door"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Purity.
(d) Innocence.

9. Who does Amy say thinks she's so tough she doesn't need anyone in "Amy Moscowitz"?
(a) Mr. Ward.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Jamie.

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

11. Where does Steve hope to attend college in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) University of Maine.
(b) New York University.
(c) North Carolina State.
(d) Harvard University.

12. In the poem "Imagine," the author writes of "Papi's laughter tinkling in my" what age ears?
(a) "Eight-year-old."
(b) "Twelve-year-old."
(c) "Ten-year-old."
(d) "Five-year-old."

13. How long ago did Steve's dad announce the family was moving in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

14. What does the author of write in the final line after "P.S." in "A Letter to my Mother"?
(a) "You will never see me again."
(b) "Have a happy life."
(c) "Good-bye."
(d) "Forever is such a long time."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Porscha say tells her she has to learn to let people in in "Porscha Johnson"?

2. Whose walk does Sheila attempt to imitate in "Sheila"?

3. Porscha describes slamming her lunch tray down on the table across from who in "Porscha Johnson"?

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

5. What is the name of Lupe's niece whom she adores?

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