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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 the narrator's mother make his father sit during basketball games in "Mom Tells Dad"?
(a) In the top row.
(b) In the middle row.
(c) In the front row.
(d) In the faculty box.

2. "Filthy McNasty" is described as being what mythical creature in the poem by the same name?
(a) "Cyclops."
(b) "Archangel."
(c) "Manchild."
(d) "Ogre."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Josh envision JB when his team is meditating in "At Practice"?

2. What does the narrator of the poem "Josh Bell" refer to as his "claim to fame"?

3. What position does Josh Bell's mother have at his school?

4. What is the name of the girl that Josh talks to on the phone in "Phone Conversation (I Sub for JB)"?

5. What is the narrator's Number 2 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What conflict is described in "On the Way to the Game"?

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

5. How does Josh describe JB's behavior in the first poem titled "Conversation" from "Second Quarter"?

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

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

8. Why does Josh suggest his father write a book in "Conversation"?

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

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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