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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what album does the song "Filthy McNasty" appear?
(a) A Love Supreme.
(b) Kind of Blue.
(c) Paris Blues.
(d) Midnight Blue.

2. Who is compared to a strong wind in the opening of the poem "Storm"?
(a) Josh's Dad.
(b) Josh.
(c) JB.
(d) Josh's mom.

3. What does Jordan insist that everyone call him, according to the narrator in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) JB.
(b) Filthy McNasty.
(c) J.
(d) Jordan.

4. How does the narrator describe "Dad and Mom" in "After"?
(a) "Solemn and wounded."
(b) "Piercing and ominous."
(c) "Volcanic and weighty."
(d) "Bandaged and hurt."

5. What does Vondie's girlfriend want to be when she grows up, according to the narrator in "Even Vondie"?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) President.
(d) A basketball player.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What basketball camp did JB's girlfriend go to, according to the narrator in "Things I Learn at Dinner"?

3. What news does Josh's mother relate after the phone call in "As We're About to Leave for the Final Game"?

4. What does Josh say his mother never lets them have in "Suspension"?

5. At what hospital is Josh's family in "The Doctor Pats Jordand and Me on the Back and Says"?

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