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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's father's name?

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

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

4. In the end of "Mom Calls Me into the Kitchen," Josh questions if what is really the answer?

5. What does the narrator say the only thing his brother loves more than basketball is in "Jordan Bell"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the careers of Josh's parents described in the narrative?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What are the five resons that Josh describes for having dreadlocks in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What health problem does Chuck suffer from? How is this condition highlighted in the narrative? What are the causes of Chuck's health condition? What is the outcome?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of nicknames in The Crossover. What is Josh's nickname and what significance does it have? What is Chuck's nickname and how did he obtain it? How do these nicknames reflect upon the characters in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Chuck Bell in the novel. How does Chuck feel about his sons? What career did Chuck have? Why did he leave this career? What leads up to Chuck's death?

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