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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. Where does Josh envision JB when his team is meditating in "At Practice"?
(a) In a hospital.
(b) In a church.
(c) At the Olympics.
(d) On a mountaintop.

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) "No one else on the team has them."
(c) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."
(d) "They remind me of my father."

3. How does the narrator of "Josh Bell" describe his hair in the poem?
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Long.
(d) Short.

4. Who kissed JB in Sunday School, according to the narrator in "JB and I"?
(a) Mary Short.
(b) Alexis.
(c) Jenny Laughton.
(d) Kim Bazemore.

5. What musician does the narrator describe listening to with his father in "How I Got My Nickname"?
(a) Miles Davis.
(b) Horace Silver.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Vondie's mother work, according to the narrator in "Ironic"?

2. What does Josh discover JB doing at the library in "Third Wheel"?

3. What stylistic literary device is evident in the following phrase from "Showoff"? "... a sick slick sliding sweet seven-foot shot."

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

5. In the poem "Dribbling," the narrator states, "At the top of the key, I'm / MOVING AND GROOVING, / POPping and" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the rule stated in "Basketball Rule #5"? What is its significance?

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

3. What metaphors are seen in "Basketball Rule #1"?

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

5. How does Josh describe his brother in "Jordan Bell"?

6. What does Coach Hawkins have his team do in "At Practice"? Why?

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

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

9. How is the "character" of Filthy McNasty described in the poem by the same name?

10. What are some examples of stylistic choices made by the author in the poem "Dribbling"?

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