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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from "Dribbling" is spaced out across the page of the poem?
(a) "Rocking."
(b) "Dancing."
(c) "Slipping."
(d) "Alone."

2. Where does Vondie's mother work, according to the narrator in "Ironic"?
(a) In the school cafeteria.
(b) At NASA.
(c) At a bookstore.
(d) At a bank.

3. What is the narrator's Number 3 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) "They remind me of my father."
(b) "No one else on the team has them."
(c) "They make me feel like a king."
(d) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."

4. How old was Josh's grandfather when he died, according to the narrator in "Conversation"?
(a) 51.
(b) 45.
(c) 42.
(d) 39.

5. The narrator of "Josh Bell" says that he is the next "Kevin Durant, LeBron" and who?
(a) "Michael Jordan."
(b) "Magic Johnson."
(c) "Kobe Bryant."
(d) "Chris Paul."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josh describe beating JB in, in "Too Good"?

2. What does Josh describe eating for lunch in "JB and I"?

3. What team does Josh describe having just beaten in "Mom Calls Me into the Kitchen"?

4. How old does the narrator say he and his brother are almost in "JB and I"?

5. The narrator says in the poem "Josh Bell," "See when I play ball, / I'm on fire. / When I shoot, I" what?

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