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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 old is the person who asked Janelle to marry him in "Janelle"?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

2. Where does Janelle work as a tutor in "Janelle"?
(a) The high school.
(b) A private school.
(c) The public library.
(d) The middle school.

3. Where did Lupe go on her date over the weekend in "Lupe"?
(a) The park.
(b) A poolhall.
(c) A nice restaurant.
(d) The movies.

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

5. What does the author say is the "key that lets you into me" in "The Door"?
(a) "Your mouth."
(b) "Your ear."
(c) "Your eyes."
(d) "Your heart."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Porscha say tells her she has to learn to let people in in "Porscha Johnson"?

2. In "A Letter to my Mother," the author writes of her mother having what in her arm?

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

4. Who yells "Y'all got me to thank! Remember that!" for Open Mike Fridays in the assembly at the end of the school year?

5. In the poem "Imagine," the author writes of "yesterday's sunset dripping" what kind of light?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of poem is performed by Tyrone, Wesley and Sterling in the narrative?

2. What happens at the assembly at the end of the school year, as described by Tyrone?

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

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

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

6. What does Mai Tren represent symbolically in the narrative?

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

8. What is Amy's greatest fear? How does she describe this metaphorically in "Ode to Stone"?

9. How does Porscha describe gaining her reputation in "Porscha Johnson"?

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

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