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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. On what album does the song "Filthy McNasty" appear?
(a) Kind of Blue.
(b) Paris Blues.
(c) Midnight Blue.
(d) A Love Supreme.
2. How many points does Josh describe scoring at the pickup game at the Rec in "Conversation"?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.
3. What is JB doing while Josh tries to talk to him in "Conversation"?
(a) Writing on the computer.
(b) Homework.
(c) Talking on the phone.
(d) Making dinner.
4. What does the narrator's mother compare the narrator with in the poem "Josh Bell"?
(a) "A dirt road."
(b) "A pickup truck."
(c) "A red Corvette."
(d) "An ol' Chevette."
5. Where does Vondie's mother work, according to the narrator in "Ironic"?
(a) At a bank.
(b) In the school cafeteria.
(c) At NASA.
(d) At a bookstore.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Josh's grandfather when he died, according to the narrator in "Conversation"?
2. How does the narrator of "Josh Bell" describe his hair in the poem?
3. What team does Josh describe destroying last week in "Josh's Play-by-Play"?
4. Who is Jordan's favorite basketball player described as in "Jordan Bell"?
5. What does JB do when his father appears to be having a stroke in "I'm on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Josh Bell get his nickname? What is the significance of Josh's nickname?
2. What is the rule stated in "Basketball Rule #5"? What is its significance?
3. What literary device stand out the most in the poem "Showoff"? What are examples?
4. Why does Josh pretend to be JB on the phone when Alexis first calls? What do Josh and Alexis talk about?
5. How does Josh describe JB's behavior in the first poem titled "Conversation" from "Second Quarter"?
6. Why does Crystal Bell make her husband sit in the top row of the bleachers during basketball games?
7. How does Josh define "Tipping Point" in the poem with the same name?
8. How do JB and Josh respond to their father's collapse in "I"m on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?
9. What differences does Josh describe between him and his brother in "JB and I"?
10. What metaphors are seen in "Basketball Rule #1"?
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