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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many points does Josh describe scoring at the pickup game at the Rec in "Conversation"?
(a) 14.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.
2. Who kissed JB in Sunday School, according to the narrator in "JB and I"?
(a) Jenny Laughton.
(b) Alexis.
(c) Mary Short.
(d) Kim Bazemore.
3. What is the narrator's Number 2 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."
(b) "They make me feel like a king."
(c) "They remind me of my father."
(d) "No one else on the team has them."
4. Where does Josh say his father played basketball in "Phone Conversation (I Sub for JB)"?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) The UK.
5. What does Josh discover JB doing at the library in "Third Wheel"?
(a) Reading for pleasure.
(b) Kissing his girlfriend.
(c) Studying for a test.
(d) Stealing books.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the team that Josh and JB play basketball for?
2. What does JB throw to Josh in "He Probably"?
3. What stylistic literary device is evident in the following phrase from "Showoff"? "... a sick slick sliding sweet seven-foot shot."
4. The narrator says in the poem "Josh Bell," "See when I play ball, / I'm on fire. / When I shoot, I" what?
5. What does the narrator of the poem "Josh Bell" refer to as his "claim to fame"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Coach Hawkins have his team do in "At Practice"? Why?
2. What are some examples of stylistic choices made by the author in the poem "Dribbling"?
3. Why does Josh lie to his father in "35-18"?
4. What is the meaning of the title to the poem "Second-Person"?
5. How does Josh's father respond to Josh's concerns about JB in the second poem titled "Conversation" in "Second Quarter"?
6. Why does Josh pretend to be JB on the phone when Alexis first calls? What do Josh and Alexis talk about?
7. What literary device stand out the most in the poem "Showoff"? What are examples?
8. How does Josh describe JB's behavior in the first poem titled "Conversation" from "Second Quarter"?
9. What conflict is described in "On the Way to the Game"?
10. What differences does Josh describe between him and his brother in "JB and I"?
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