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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 in the poem "Filthy McNasty" is extended downward on the page?
(a) "Down."
(b) "Squall."
(c) "Kerplunk."
(d) "Dunk."

2. What does the narrator's mother compare the narrator with in the poem "Josh Bell"?
(a) "A red Corvette."
(b) "A dirt road."
(c) "An ol' Chevette."
(d) "A pickup truck."

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

4. What time is it when a cop pulls over Josh's dad in "Game Time: 6:00 p.m."?
(a) 4:45 p.m.
(b) 5:28 p.m.
(c) 5:35 p.m.
(d) 5:44 p.m.

5. What team does Josh describe destroying last week in "Josh's Play-by-Play"?
(a) Hoover Middle.
(b) Olive Branch Junior High.
(c) Independence Junior High.
(d) Roberta James Middle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "your heart" in the metaphor made by the narrator in "Basketball Rule #1"?

2. Where does Josh's father offer to stop for food after the game in "35-18"?

3. Where does Josh describe going on his way home after practice in "Second-Person"?

4. Whom does Josh say JB is too shy to talk to in "Ironic"?

5. What does Josh's father suggest they go get at the end of the poem "Conversation"?

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