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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 dance hall.
(d) A library.

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

3. 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) Boston.
(b) Binghamton.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Philadelphia.

4. What newspaper does Steve say is sending a reporter to cover Open Mike Fridays in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) The Bronx Insider.
(b) The New York Post.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The National Enquirer.

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

6. What is the clean drawer labeled in the poem "Imagine"?
(a) Manana.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Future.
(d) Yesterday.

7. Who does Sheila write must love puzzles in "Private Puzzle"?
(a) God.
(b) The president.
(c) Inmates.
(d) Bankers.

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

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

10. Amy claims her name is like her how in "Amy Moscowitz"?
(a) Petite.
(b) Plain.
(c) Chubby.
(d) Difficult.

11. Who is Raynard Patterson's cousin?
(a) Amy.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Sterling.
(d) Tyrone.

12. Who is always the first one to read his poetry on Open Mike Fridays if given the chance, according to Porscha in "Porscha Johnson"?
(a) Raynard.
(b) Devon.
(c) Tyrone.
(d) Sterling.

13. In "Self-Portrait: A Poem for my Father," the author writes "Love is not me being who" what?
(a) "I wish to be."
(b) "The world wants."
(c) "Everyone remembers."
(d) "You want."

14. Sheila says that if anybody had to catch her, she's glad it was who in "Sheila"?
(a) Judianne.
(b) Diondra.
(c) Raynard.
(d) Wesley.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "A Letter to my Mother," the author writes of her mother having what in her arm?

4. How long did it take a bully to make Porscha finally lose her restraint in "Porscha Johnson"?

5. What is the last comment about dreams in the poem "Doubtless"?

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