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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. Who does Sheila write must love puzzles in "Private Puzzle"?
(a) God.
(b) Inmates.
(c) Bankers.
(d) The president.
2. Whose walk does Sheila attempt to imitate in "Sheila"?
(a) Amy's.
(b) Gloria's.
(c) Porscha's.
(d) Tanisha's.
3. What does the author of write in the final line after "P.S." in "A Letter to my Mother"?
(a) "You will never see me again."
(b) "Good-bye."
(c) "Forever is such a long time."
(d) "Have a happy life."
4. How long has it been since Sheila's dad took over the pizza parlor from her uncle in "Sheila Gamberoni"?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 7 years.
5. Porscha says that it's amazing how easy it is to get what in "Porscha Johnson"?
(a) Unhealthy food.
(b) Drugs.
(c) A bad reputation.
(d) A car loan.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color hair does Sheila Gamberoni have?
2. What does Sheila want to change her name to in "Sheila Gamberoni"?
3. In the poem "The Door," the author writes that she's been busy carving a door of what?
4. Where was author Nikki Grimes born?
5. What does Tyrone say the room sounded like after the reading of "What's in a Name"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Porscha's character represent symbolically in the narrative? How does her character relate to Chankara's?
2. How does the character of Diondra view conditional and unconditional love?
3. What determination is expressed in "Doubtless"? How does this reflect Steve's life?
4. What is Amy's greatest fear? How does she describe this metaphorically in "Ode to Stone"?
5. How has Lupe's focus changed in the narrative by the time she reads "Imagine"?
6. What commentary does Tyrone contribute after the reading of "Private Puzzle"?
7. What is Sheila caught doing by Wesley in "Sheila"? What is her reaction?
8. How has Janelle's self esteem changed in the narrative before she reads "The Door"?
9. How does Sheila explain her desire to change her name in "Sheila Gamberoni" and her poem?
10. What is foreshadowed in Diondra's poem "Self-Portrait: A Poem for My Father"?
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