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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother compare his father with in the poem "Josh Bell"?
(a) "A red Corvette."
(b) "An ol' Chevette."
(c) "A pickup truck."
(d) "A magnolia tree."

2. What does the postscript say in "Dear Jordan"?
(a) "I love you."
(b) "I miss you."
(c) "Let's play."
(d) "I'm sorry."

3. What does the narrator say the only thing his brother loves more than basketball is in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Betting.
(c) Singing.
(d) Running.

4. What word in the poem "Okay, Dad" is printed smaller than all of the other words?
(a) "Basketball."
(b) "Love."
(c) "Maybe."
(d) "Father."

5. How are "the unspoken words" described in the poem "After"?
(a) "Bandaged and hurt."
(b) "Volcanic and weighty."
(c) "Piercing and ominous."
(d) "Solemn and wounded."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first sentence in "The Doctor Pats Jordan and Me on the Back and Says"?

3. What kind of job has Josh's dad been given an offer for in "I Run into Dad's Room"?

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

5. What does Josh say that JB hates in "Myocardial Infarction"?

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