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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Josh Bell's mother have at his school?
(a) School principal.
(b) Basketball coach.
(c) Assistant school principal.
(d) Custodian.

2. What is the single sentence that comprises the poem "Basketball Rule #5"?
(a) "No matter how down you get, always leave your heart on the court."
(b) "When you stop playing your game you've already lost."
(c) "If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."
(d) "Live smarter, play hard, practice harder."

3. Who is Jordan's favorite basketball player described as in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
(b) Kobe Bryand.
(c) LeBron James.
(d) Michael Jordan.

4. Where does Vondie's mother work, according to the narrator in "Ironic"?
(a) At a bank.
(b) At NASA.
(c) At a bookstore.
(d) In the school cafeteria.

5. What does the narrator of the poem "Josh Bell" refer to as his "claim to fame"?
(a) "007-Ove."
(b) "Filthy McNasty."
(c) "Da Man."
(d) "JB."

6. What stylistic literary device is evident in the following phrase from "Showoff"? "... a sick slick sliding sweet seven-foot shot."
(a) Allusion.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Sonorance.
(d) Alliteration.

7. What does Josh describe eating for lunch in "JB and I"?
(a) Tuna salad on wheat.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Spinach salad.
(d) Pasta and cheese sauce.

8. What team does Josh describe destroying last week in "Josh's Play-by-Play"?
(a) Roberta James Middle.
(b) Independence Junior High.
(c) Olive Branch Junior High.
(d) Hoover Middle.

9. Where does Josh's father offer to stop for food after the game in "35-18"?
(a) Pollard's.
(b) Krispy Kreme.
(c) KFC.
(d) Taco Bell.

10. How much money does the narrator say Jordan won from a bet with his father in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) $20.
(b) $10.
(c) $100.
(d) $50.

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

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

13. What word in the poem "Filthy McNasty" is extended downward on the page?
(a) "Squall."
(b) "Dunk."
(c) "Kerplunk."
(d) "Down."

14. "35-18" is described as the final score of what game in the poem with the same name?
(a) Game three.
(b) Game six.
(c) Game two.
(d) Game seven.

15. What time is it when a cop pulls over Josh's dad in "Game Time: 6:00 p.m."?
(a) 5:28 p.m.
(b) 5:35 p.m.
(c) 5:44 p.m.
(d) 4:45 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what album does the song "Filthy McNasty" appear?

2. How many sisters does the girl say she has in "Phone Conversation (I Sub for JB)"?

3. What word does the narrator tell his father that no one uses anymore in "How I Got My Nickname"?

4. Who's mother wrote a book, according to the narrator in "Conversation"?

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

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