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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "35-18" is described as the final score of what game in the poem with the same name?
(a) Game two.
(b) Game three.
(c) Game seven.
(d) Game six.

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

3. What does Josh have a book report due tomorrow on in "Second-Person"?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Tipping Point.
(c) The Giver.
(d) 1984.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jordan insist that everyone call him, according to the narrator in "Jordan Bell"?

2. Where does Josh's father offer to stop for food after the game in "35-18"?

3. What is the narrator's father's name?

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

5. What does Josh's father suggest they go get at the end of the poem "Conversation"?

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