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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sterling say he wants to be in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
(a) An auto mechanic.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A science teacher.

2. What intersection in Harlem is described in "Long Live Langston"?
(a) Malcolm X Blvd and 128th.
(b) 145th and Broadway.
(c) 151st and Amsterdam Ave.
(d) Lenox and 7th.

3. What is Lupe's last name?
(a) Rodriguez.
(b) Diaz.
(c) Algarin.
(d) Ramos.

4. What refers to a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody?
(a) Ska.
(b) Reggae.
(c) Bebop.
(d) Gospel.

5. Who does Tyrone describe as "all hopped up about working on Broadway" in "Tyrone Bitting"?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) John.
(c) Dave.
(d) Steve.

6. 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?
(a) Calypso.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Blues.
(d) Reggae.

7. Who does Sterling say has some direction in his life even if he "sounds like a thug in training" in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
(a) Wesley.
(b) Raul.
(c) Tyrone.
(d) Raynard.

8. What church does Sterling say he attends in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
(a) The Mormon Church.
(b) First Church of Christ.
(c) First Baptist Church.
(d) Al Hamid Mosque.

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

10. Wesley describes writing a poem about what poet in "Wesley Bad Boy Boone"?
(a) Gwendolyn Brooks.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) Jupiter Hammon.

11. Who does Leslie refer to as "the one girl in class almost nobody knows anything about" in "Leslie Lucas"?
(a) Porscha Johnson.
(b) Sheila Gamberoni.
(c) Amy Moscowitz.
(d) Diondra Jordan.

12. What does Tanisha say she once washed her hair with in order to have afros like her cousins in "Tanisha Scott"?
(a) Detergent.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Hydrogen peroxide.
(d) Paint thinner.

13. The author describes painting a ribbon of what "on your windowsill" in "If"?
(a) Night.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Clouds.

14. 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) John Q. Public.
(b) Jesse B. Semple.
(c) Robert R. Average.
(d) Daniel P. Everybody.

15. What caused the death of Porscha Johnson's mother in the narrative?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) Drive-by shooting.
(d) Drug overdose.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Diondra says that she likes drawing portraits in what medium in "Diondra Jordan"?

3. How many brothers does Sterling S. Hughes have?

4. Who wrote the 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?

5. What is the buoy called in the poem "Common Ground"?

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