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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. How does the narrator's father respond when he is asked if he misses playing basketball in "Conversation"?
(a) "Like the moon misses the sun."
(b) "Like jazz misses Dizzy."
(c) "Like jazz misses Charlie Parker."
(d) "Like I miss your mother."

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

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

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

5. "Filthy McNasty" is described as being what mythical creature in the poem by the same name?
(a) "Ogre."
(b) "Archangel."
(c) "Cyclops."
(d) "Manchild."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Josh Bell" describe his hair in the poem?

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

3. In "Basketball Rule #1" the narrator says, "In this game of life, your family is" what?

4. Who kissed JB in Sunday School, according to the narrator in "JB and I"?

5. Who is Jordan's favorite basketball player described as in "Jordan Bell"?

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