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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How tall is Diondra Jordan?
(a) 5'9".
(b) 6'.
(c) 5'6".
(d) 6'2".
2. Diondra says that she likes drawing portraits in what medium in "Diondra Jordan"?
(a) Charcoal.
(b) Watercolor.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Paint.
3. What does the author claim to be by way of metaphor in the poem "Inside"?
(a) A tree.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A coconut.
(d) A frog.
4. Janelle wishes she had whose perfect complexion in "Janelle Battle"?
(a) Tanisha's.
(b) Porscha's.
(c) Judianne's.
(d) Sheila's.
5. In the poem "Mirror, Mirror," the author describes who meeting in the mirror?
(a) Lovers.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Brothers.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Sterling say he wants to be in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
2. What is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads?
3. Leslie says in "Leslie Lucas" that if it weren't for her mom dying, she'd be back where with her friends?
4. The author describes painting a ribbon of what "on your windowsill" in "If"?
5. What does Janelle say the kids call her behind her back in "Janelle Battle"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Lupe describe her home life in "Lupe"? What is the poem "Brown Hands" about?
2. What inner self does Diondra reveal in "Diondra Jordan"? What is her first poem about?
3. What similarities do Devon and Tanisha share?
4. How is Sterling different from the other characters in the narrative?
5. What led to Chankara's bruises in "Chankara Troupe"?
6. Who does Lupe call after breaking up with her boyfriend in "Lupe"? What do they discuss?
7. How is mirror imagery used symbolically in the narrative?
8. What is described in the poem "D-Train"?
9. How does Leslie describe her life in "Leslie Lucas"? Why doesn't she feel she fits in?
10. What do Diondra and Devon represent archetypically in the narrative? What drives their characters?
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