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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose walk does Sheila attempt to imitate in "Sheila"?
(a) Amy's.
(b) Tanisha's.
(c) Gloria's.
(d) Porscha's.

2. How long did it take a bully to make Porscha finally lose her restraint in "Porscha Johnson"?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 9 months.

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

4. Whose daughter does Amy envy in "Amy Moscowitz"?
(a) Mr.Johnson's.
(b) Mr. Smith's.
(c) Mr. Ward's.
(d) Mr. Diaz's.

5. Who does Tyrone say got into the paper in his commentary after the poem "The Door"?
(a) Porscha.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Diondra.
(d) Janelle.

6. What does Sheila say they used to call Judianne in "Sheila Gamberoni"?
(a) Short Skirt.
(b) Beauty Queen.
(c) Long Legs.
(d) High Heels.

7. What does Mr. Ward tell Tyrone he plans to do with the videotape of the poems in "Tyrone"?
(a) Enter it in a national contest.
(b) Show them to his next class.
(c) Get it on t.v.
(d) Sell copies online.

8. In "Ode to Stone," the author writes "Let me be _____ / and I promise / I'll show you how to take / a shellacking."
(a) Obsidian.
(b) Sandstone.
(c) Marble.
(d) Granite.

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

10. Who does Janelle say asked her to marry him yesterday in "Janelle"?
(a) Steve.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Pepe.
(d) Jonh.

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

12. Who says jealousy is a waste of energy in "Amy Moscowitz"?
(a) Sterling.
(b) Tanisha.
(c) Wesley.
(d) Sheila.

13. In the poem "The Door," the author writes that she's been busy carving a door of what?
(a) Words.
(b) Wonder.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Hope.

14. Porscha describes slamming her lunch tray down on the table across from who in "Porscha Johnson"?
(a) Leslie and Chankara.
(b) Tyrone and Diondra.
(c) Judianne and Tanisha.
(d) Sheila and Amy.

15. What does Sheila want to change her name to in "Sheila Gamberoni"?
(a) Satorini.
(b) Gambino.
(c) Tallodino.
(d) Natalina.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose point of view is the Epilogue written?

2. What does the newspaper headline say which Mr. Ward brings and shows the class?

3. Who does Porscha say came close to killing her more than once in "Porscha Johnson"?

4. Amy claims her name is like her how in "Amy Moscowitz"?

5. In the poem "Imagine," the author writes of "Papi's laughter tinkling in my" what age ears?

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