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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. What does Tyrone say the room sounded like after the reading of "What's in a Name"?
(a) A dance hall.
(b) A library.
(c) A cave.
(d) A tomb.

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

3. What does Chankara shove into Porscha's mouth in "Porscha Johnson"?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Bread.

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

5. What does Raynard say is his mother's favorite saying in "Raynard Patterson"?
(a) "Rise and shine."
(b) "Finish what you start."
(c) "Like a knife through butter."
(d) "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair does Sheila Gamberoni have?

2. In Tyrone's commentary on the poem "Doubtless," he says that he doesn't have any what in his crew?

3. What setting is described in the poem "Ode to Stone"?

4. Who is listed as the author of "What's in a Name"?

5. What newspaper does Steve say is sending a reporter to cover Open Mike Fridays in "Steve Ericson"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diondra's father become furious about in "Diondra"? What does she leave him in the hopes he will begin to understand her?

2. What does Tyrone relate about the newspaper article after the reading of "The Door"?

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

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

5. What does Wesley say to Sheila which makes her reconsider changing herself in "Sheila"? How does she express this in "Private Puzzle"?

6. What is foreshadowed in Diondra's poem "Self-Portrait: A Poem for My Father"?

7. How does Raynard feel about schoolwork in "Raynard Patterson"?

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

9. From whose perspective is the "Epilogue" written? How is she described?

10. How does the character of Diondra view conditional and unconditional love?

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