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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "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.

2. What is the name of the girl that Josh talks to on the phone in "Phone Conversation (I Sub for JB)"?
(a) Alexis.
(b) Crystal.
(c) Jessica.
(d) Sarah.

3. What is the narrator's father's name?
(a) JB.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Chuck.
(d) James.

4. What is the narrator's Number 3 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."
(b) "They remind me of my father."
(c) "No one else on the team has them."
(d) "They make me feel like a king."

5. What team does Josh describe having just beaten in "Mom Calls Me into the Kitchen"?
(a) Olive Branch.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) Independence.
(d) Sam Ellison.

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

7. What book does Josh see an old man reading in "Third Wheel"?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Tipping Point.
(c) 1984.
(d) The Giver.

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

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

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

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

12. What is the name of the team that Josh and JB play basketball for?
(a) The Clark County Cougars.
(b) The Indepdendence Badgers.
(c) The Reggie Lewis Wildcats.
(d) The Anderson Seahawks.

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

14. What word is extended downward on the page in the poem "Showoff"?
(a) "Sinks."
(b) "Falls."
(c) "Down."
(d) "Tumbles."

15. What is JB doing while Josh tries to talk to him in "Conversation"?
(a) Making dinner.
(b) Talking on the phone.
(c) Writing on the computer.
(d) Homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josh's father suggest they go get at the end of the poem "Conversation"?

2. What is the Number 4 reason the narrator lists in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?

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

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

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

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