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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What team does Josh describe having just beaten in "Mom Calls Me into the Kitchen"?
(a) Sam Ellison.
(b) Olive Branch.
(c) Independence.
(d) St. Francis.

2. What word is extended downward on the page in the poem "Showoff"?
(a) "Sinks."
(b) "Tumbles."
(c) "Falls."
(d) "Down."

3. What does Josh describe Jordan wearing in "Conversation"?
(a) His father's championship ring.
(b) His dad's cologne.
(c) A suit and tie.
(d) High-top sneakers.

4. What does Josh say he made on his vocabulary test in "Too Good"?
(a) A+.
(b) A-.
(c) B+.
(d) B-.

5. Where does Josh say his father played basketball in "Phone Conversation (I Sub for JB)"?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) The UK.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What stylistic literary device is evident in the following phrase from "Showoff"? "... a sick slick sliding sweet seven-foot shot."

3. "35-18" is described as the final score of what game in the poem with the same name?

4. What does Josh describe beating JB in, in "Too Good"?

5. Whom does Josh say JB is too shy to talk to in "Ironic"?

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