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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 Josh describe doing during practice in "This Week, I"?
(a) Calling his girlfriend.
(b) Reading and writing.
(c) Cleaning the garage.
(d) Playing computer games.

2. How does the narrator describe "Dad and Mom" in "After"?
(a) "Solemn and wounded."
(b) "Volcanic and weighty."
(c) "Piercing and ominous."
(d) "Bandaged and hurt."

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

4. What is the first word in the poem "Fast Break" that extends downward on the page?
(a) "Shoot."
(b) "Down."
(c) "Fallen."
(d) "Kaboom."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the poem "Okay, Dad" is printed smaller than all of the other words?

2. Who are the narrator's favorite rappers who have dreadlocks in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?

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

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

5. What does Josh describe eating for lunch in "JB and I"?

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