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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. Who was not at the game tonight, according to the narrator in "Out of Control"?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

2. What was the bet between Jordan and his father on that the narrator describes in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) Whether the game would be lost.
(b) Whether the coach had arrived early for the game.
(c) Whether the McDonald's was open.
(d) Whether the Krispy Kreme Hot sign was on.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What musician does the narrator describe listening to with his father in "How I Got My Nickname"?

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

3. What word from "Dribbling" is spaced out across the page of the poem?

4. Where does Josh say his mother is in "Too Good"?

5. Why is Josh's father pulled over in "Game Time: 6:00 p.m."?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meaning of the title to the poem "Second-Person"?

2. How do JB and Josh respond to their father's collapse in "I"m on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?

3. How did Josh Bell get his nickname? What is the significance of Josh's nickname?

4. Why does Crystal Bell make her husband sit in the top row of the bleachers during basketball games?

5. What literary device stand out the most in the poem "Showoff"? What are examples?

6. How does Josh define "irony" in "Ironic"? How does he apply irony to his life?

7. How does Josh's father respond to Josh's concerns about JB in the second poem titled "Conversation" in "Second Quarter"?

8. What does Crystal explain to Josh in "Mom Calls Me into the Kitchen"?

9. What differences does Josh describe between him and his brother in "JB and I"?

10. Why does Josh pretend to be JB on the phone when Alexis first calls? What do Josh and Alexis talk about?

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