View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Josh Bell" describe his hair in the poem?
(a) Green.
(b) Short.
(c) Purple.
(d) Long.

2. 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) 5:44 p.m.
(c) 5:35 p.m.
(d) 5:28 p.m.

3. In the end of "Mom Calls Me into the Kitchen," Josh questions if what is really the answer?
(a) Truth.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Hummus.
(d) Salad.

4. What stylistic literary device is evident in the following phrase from "Showoff"? "... a sick slick sliding sweet seven-foot shot."
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Sonorance.

5. Who are the narrator's favorite rappers who have dreadlocks in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, and Wale.
(b) Jay Z, Drake, and Dr. Dre.
(c) Kanye West, Eminem, and The Noorious B.I.G.
(d) Tupac, Lil Wayne, and Dr. Dre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Josh say his father played basketball in "Phone Conversation (I Sub for JB)"?

2. What word in the poem "Filthy McNasty" is extended downward on the page?

3. What does the narrator say his twin brother is in "Jordan Bell"?

4. Who was not at the game tonight, according to the narrator in "Out of Control"?

5. In the poem "Dribbling," the narrator states, "At the top of the key, I'm / MOVING AND GROOVING, / POPping and" what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 231 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample