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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many more years of high school does Steve have to go in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) 4.
(b) Half a year.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. Who tells Steve ""Maybe your father's dream wasn't really in his heart. If a dream is in your heart, you never lose it" in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) Sterling.
(b) Raul.
(c) Tyrone.
(d) Wesley.

3. Who is listed as the author of "What's in a Name"?
(a) Diondra Jordan.
(b) Amy Moscowitz.
(c) Leslie Lucas.
(d) Natalina Gamberoni.

4. Lupe says that "getting to college takes more than" what in "Lupe"?
(a) Money.
(b) Studying.
(c) Good looks.
(d) Wishing.

5. What is the clean drawer labeled in the poem "Imagine"?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Manana.
(d) Future.

6. What job does Steve want to have one day in "Steve Ericson"?
(a) Director.
(b) Set designer.
(c) Stunt car driver.
(d) Actor.

7. Where did Lupe go on her date over the weekend in "Lupe"?
(a) A poolhall.
(b) A nice restaurant.
(c) The movies.
(d) The park.

8. In "A Letter to my Mother," the author writes of her mother having what in her arm?
(a) A knife.
(b) An infection.
(c) A hypodermic needle.
(d) A sliver.

9. Whose walk does Sheila attempt to imitate in "Sheila"?
(a) Amy's.
(b) Tanisha's.
(c) Gloria's.
(d) Porscha's.

10. Where was author Nikki Grimes born?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Boston, Massachusets.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

11. What did Amy get sick with and have to go to the hospital for two years ago in "Amy Moscowitz"?
(a) The flu.
(b) Swine flu.
(c) Appendicitis.
(d) Chicken pox.

12. Who does Tyrone say got into the paper in his commentary after the poem "The Door"?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Diondra.
(c) Porscha.
(d) Janelle.

13. What "hangs on the wall" in the poem "The Door"?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Purity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Love.

14. What does Mr. Ward tell Tyrone he plans to do with the videotape of the poems in "Tyrone"?
(a) Enter it in a national contest.
(b) Show them to his next class.
(c) Sell copies online.
(d) Get it on t.v.

15. What sister does Lupe say she'll miss when she goes away to college in "Lupe"?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Maria.
(d) Christina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last line of "The Door"?

2. Who catches Sheila's eye and shakes her head before going back to a drawing in "Sheila Gamberoni"?

3. What does the author say is the "key that lets you into me" in "The Door"?

4. What color hair does Sheila Gamberoni have?

5. In "Private Puzzle," the author writes "But still I go on seeking an ____ slot to slip myself into."

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