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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josh describe his mother repeatedly singing in "The Doctor Pats Jordan and Me on the Back and Says"?
(a) "Stand by Me."
(b) "Kumbaya."
(c) "Halelujah."
(d) "On the Mountaintop."

2. What is the basketball compared to in a simile in the end of "Free Throws"?
(a) A star.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A bird.
(d) A diamond.

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

4. How is JB described in "After"?
(a) "Volcanic and weighty."
(b) "Solemn and wounded."
(c) "Piercing and ominous."
(d) "Bandaged and hurt."

5. What does the narrator's mother compare his father with in the poem "Josh Bell"?
(a) "A red Corvette."
(b) "A magnolia tree."
(c) "A pickup truck."
(d) "An ol' Chevette."

Short Answer Questions

1. What school has Josh's team just defeated in "Article #1 in the Daily News (December 14)"?

2. What is the name of Josh and JB's mother?

3. When did The Crossover win the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Honor?

4. What is the first question in "Questions"?

5. What does Josh say he made on his vocabulary test in "Too Good"?

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