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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Number 4 reason the narrator lists in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) "They make me feel like a king."
(b) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."
(c) "No one else on the team has them."
(d) "They remind me of my father."

3. What does Josh discover JB doing at the library in "Third Wheel"?
(a) Reading for pleasure.
(b) Studying for a test.
(c) Stealing books.
(d) Kissing his girlfriend.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where is Vondie said to be in "JB and I"?
(a) At the game.
(b) In New York.
(c) Home sick.
(d) At a conference.

10. Where does the narrator's mother make his father sit during basketball games in "Mom Tells Dad"?
(a) In the middle row.
(b) In the front row.
(c) In the top row.
(d) In the faculty box.

11. Why is Josh's father pulled over in "Game Time: 6:00 p.m."?
(a) Because of a broken taillight.
(b) Because he was speeding.
(c) Because he ran a streetlight.
(d) Because he ran a stop sign.

12. What does the narrator say his twin brother is in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) "A tiger."
(b) "A fast-drive."
(c) "A lover."
(d) "A baller."

13. What does the coach tell the team they need to work on in "At Practice"?
(a) Their mental game.
(b) Their defense.
(c) Their free throws.
(d) Their offense.

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

15. What does the narrator's mother compare the narrator with in the poem "Josh Bell"?
(a) "An ol' Chevette."
(b) "A red Corvette."
(c) "A pickup truck."
(d) "A dirt road."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the single sentence that comprises the poem "Basketball Rule #5"?

2. Who was not at the game tonight, according to the narrator in "Out of Control"?

3. What does JB do when his father appears to be having a stroke in "I'm on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?

4. How many points does Josh describe scoring at the pickup game at the Rec in "Conversation"?

5. What does Josh describe beating JB in, in "Too Good"?

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