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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many syllables does the author write of in "Private Puzzle"?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. What is the name of the girl who Porscha Johnson beat up?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Charmayne.
(c) Angelina.
(d) Lucy.

3. What did Diondra's father find laying out last night in "Diondra"?
(a) Art school brochures.
(b) Yurt catalogs.
(c) Newspaper clippings.
(d) Old photographs.

4. Lupe says that she wants to go to college far from who and his drinking buddies in "Lupe"?
(a) Berto.
(b) Victor.
(c) Javier.
(d) Rodrigo.

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

6. In his commentary on "Ode to Stone," Tyrone says "Man! That girl is as cold as" what?
(a) "A canadian winter."
(b) "The arctic tundra."
(c) "The ice in my freezer."
(d) "The snow on the ground."

7. How many more years of high school does Steve have to go in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) Half a year.
(d) 2.

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

9. What does the newspaper headline say which Mr. Ward brings and shows the class?
(a) "Youthful Talent."
(b) "Student Poets Bloom in the Bronx."
(c) "Creativity Thrives in Poor Neighborhood."
(d) "Inner City Gold."

10. What does Porscha say she's doing as soon as she turns twenty-one in "Porscha Johnson"?
(a) Changing her name.
(b) Getting a new car.
(c) Moving out of state.
(d) Getting a new job.

11. How long has it been since Sheila's dad took over the pizza parlor from her uncle in "Sheila Gamberoni"?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

12. Where does Lupe say she went to study this afternoon in "Lupe"?
(a) Leslie's.
(b) Tanisha's.
(c) Gloria's.
(d) Janelle's.

13. Where did Steve's dad's family move when he was Steve's age, causing him to stop playing in a band in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Boston.
(c) Binghamton.
(d) Pittsburgh.

14. What did Diondra slip a drawing of into her dad's easy chair before leaving for school in "Diondra"?
(a) Sammy Sosa.
(b) Bo Jackson.
(c) Michael Jackson.
(d) B.B. King.

15. In "Private Puzzle," the author writes "But still I go on seeking an ____ slot to slip myself into."
(a) Secret.
(b) Angular.
(c) Dark.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the poet say he was when he looked to heaven in "Doubtless"?

2. What "hangs on the wall" in the poem "The Door"?

3. Lupe think that she wants to be what when she finishes school in "Lupe"?

4. In "Self-Portrait: A Poem for my Father," the author writes "Love is not me being who" what?

5. What color hair does Sheila Gamberoni have?

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