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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 is the only person who knows that Diondra has been drawing since she was a child in "Diondra Jordan"?
(a) Lupe.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Tanisha.
(d) Sheila.

2. Who does Devon claim is a "gangsta in sheep's clothing" in "Devon Hope"?
(a) Raul.
(b) Tyrone.
(c) Sterling.
(d) Wesley.

3. In "Leslie Lucas," Leslie claims she likes Sheryl Crow while the other kids at her school like who?
(a) Queen Latifah.
(b) Lauryn Hill.
(c) Janet Jackson.
(d) Beyonce.

4. Wesley says in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone" that if his friend "drops out and gets a J.O.B., he won't have any time to work on" what?
(a) His car.
(b) His degree.
(c) His songs.
(d) His painting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Janelle wishes she had whose perfect complexion in "Janelle Battle"?

2. What is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads?

3. Tyrone says that his dad didn't make it to what age because he was killed in a drive-by shooting in "Tyrone Bitting"?

4. What does Janelle say the kids call her behind her back in "Janelle Battle"?

5. What does Janelle daydream as her last name in "Janelle Battle"?

(see the answer key)

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