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

2. 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."

3. What setting is described in the poem "Ode to Stone"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Far Rockaway.
(c) Coney Island.
(d) San Francisco.

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

5. In Tyrone's commentary on the poem "Doubtless," he says that he doesn't have any what in his crew?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) Women.
(d) White boys.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Steve's dad say the family was moving to in "Steve Ericson"?

4. Who does Amy say thinks she's so tough she doesn't need anyone in "Amy Moscowitz"?

5. What did Diondra slip a drawing of into her dad's easy chair before leaving for school in "Diondra"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the characters of Sheila and Tanisha similar? How are they different?

2. What does Sheila say she wants to change her name to in "Sheila Gamberoni"? What is the reaction of the teacher and class?

3. Who is Amy envious of in "Amy Moscowitz"? Who gives Amy advice about jealousy?

4. Why does Amy say she became tough in "Amy Moscowitz"?

5. How has Lupe's focus changed in the narrative by the time she reads "Imagine"?

6. What secret is revealed in Raynard Patterson's poem?

7. How does Sheila explain her desire to change her name in "Sheila Gamberoni" and her poem?

8. What commentary does Tyrone contribute after the reading of "Private Puzzle"?

9. What metaphors does Janelle use in the poem "The Door"?

10. How does Porscha learn to express herself in poetry through "A Letter to My Mother"?

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