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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Janelle Battle, p. 46 to Tyrone, p. 64.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the author of "Home to Harlem" in 1928?
(a) Carl Sandburg.
(b) T.S.Eliot.
(c) Claude McKay.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

2. Who does Judianne say every boy in school has a crush on in "Judianne Alexander"?
(a) Gloria Martinez.
(b) Tanisha Scott.
(c) Chankara Troupe.
(d) Diondra Jordan.

3. In Tyrone's commentary following Diondra's poem "If," he says "If the sista read any faster, I'd be looking for her" what?
(a) Supergirl cape.
(b) X-ray glasses.
(c) Source of powers.
(d) Books on tape.

4. In 1943, Langston Hughes began publishing stories about what character who was an everyday black man in Harlem and offered musings on topical issues of the day?
(a) Jesse B. Semple.
(b) John Q. Public.
(c) Robert R. Average.
(d) Daniel P. Everybody.

5. What does the author claim to be by way of metaphor in the poem "Inside"?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A coconut.
(c) A frog.
(d) A tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leslie say she grew up in "Leslie Lucas"?

2. In "Attendance," the author writes, "We are all here, / Leslie and Bad Boy, Lupe and" who?

3. In "Wesley Bad Boy Boone," Wesley says he has the longest list of excuses for missing what?

4. What has long been something of an "outsider" art form that exists somewhere outside the mainstream, having been conceived in the 1920s by African-Americans?

5. What name does Devon claim everyone calls him in "Devon Hope"?

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