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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What school has Josh's team just defeated in "Article #1 in the Daily News (December 14)"?
(a) St. Matthews Junior High.
(b) Cordova Middle School.
(c) Independence Junior High.
(d) Olive Branch Junior High.

2. Whom does Josh say JB is too shy to talk to in "Ironic"?
(a) Amanda Smith.
(b) Coach Hawkins.
(c) Jennifer Warren.
(d) Miss Sweet Tea.

3. What does Josh's father suggest Josh do in regards to JB in "The Nosebleed Section"?
(a) Write him a letter.
(b) Give him an ultimatum.
(c) Buy him a gift.
(d) Call him.

4. Who kissed JB in Sunday School, according to the narrator in "JB and I"?
(a) Jenny Laughton.
(b) Kim Bazemore.
(c) Mary Short.
(d) Alexis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator's father respond when he is asked if he misses playing basketball in "Conversation"?

2. What basketball camp did JB's girlfriend go to, according to the narrator in "Things I Learn at Dinner"?

3. Who is the coach of Josh and JB's basketball team?

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

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

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