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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Warm Up" - "First Quarter".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator of the poem "Josh Bell" refer to as his "claim to fame"?
(a) "JB."
(b) "007-Ove."
(c) "Filthy McNasty."
(d) "Da Man."

3. What is the narrator's Number 2 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) "They remind me of my father."
(b) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."
(c) "They make me feel like a king."
(d) "No one else on the team has them."

4. What is "your heart" in the metaphor made by the narrator in "Basketball Rule #1"?
(a) "The ball."
(b) "The hoop."
(c) "The fans."
(d) "The court."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother compare the narrator with in the poem "Josh Bell"?

2. What word does the narrator tell his father that no one uses anymore in "How I Got My Nickname"?

3. The narrator of "Josh Bell" says that he is the next "Kevin Durant, LeBron" and who?

4. What team does Josh describe destroying last week in "Josh's Play-by-Play"?

5. What word from "Dribbling" is spaced out across the page of the poem?

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