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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Third Quarter".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Josh say JB is too shy to talk to in "Ironic"?
(a) Jennifer Warren.
(b) Amanda Smith.
(c) Miss Sweet Tea.
(d) Coach Hawkins.

2. How does the narrator of "Josh Bell" describe his hair in the poem?
(a) Long.
(b) Short.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

3. "35-18" is described as the final score of what game in the poem with the same name?
(a) Game six.
(b) Game three.
(c) Game seven.
(d) Game two.

4. Where does Josh's father offer to stop for food after the game in "35-18"?
(a) Taco Bell.
(b) KFC.
(c) Pollard's.
(d) Krispy Kreme.

5. What does the coach tell the team they need to work on in "At Practice"?
(a) Their free throws.
(b) Their defense.
(c) Their offense.
(d) Their mental game.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a simile in the poem "The Nosebleed Section," the narrator describes his mother popping up like what in the stands?

2. What does JB do when his father appears to be having a stroke in "I'm on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?

3. Who's mother wrote a book, according to the narrator in "Conversation"?

4. What is the punchline for Josh's dad's joke in "Final Jeopardy," "Y'all know what the mama turkey said to her naughty son?"

5. What stylistic literary device is evident in the following phrase from "Showoff"? "... a sick slick sliding sweet seven-foot shot."

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