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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who "believes in praying for everybody and giving them the benefit of the doubt" according to Devon in "Devon Hope"?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Sterling.
(c) Wesley.
(d) Sheila.

2. Tanisha claims that she's so tired of people making a big deal over her good what in "Tanisha Scott"?
(a) Skin.
(b) Hair.
(c) Brain.
(d) Nails.

3. The author writes in "If" of planting what kind of roses "in your garden"?
(a) Thornless.
(b) Red.
(c) Watercolor.
(d) Long stem.

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

5. What "infantile game" does Sterling say the guys at school are always trying to draw him into in "Sterling S. Hughes"?
(a) Butts up.
(b) Four square.
(c) The Dozens.
(d) Basketball.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What friend of Tanisha's does she say is also light-skinned in "Tanisha Scott"?

3. 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?

4. In "Attendance," the author writes, "Can't hop on the subway / without thinkin' of" what?

5. What does Sterling play every Sunday in church in "Sterling S. Hughes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sterling describe himself in "Sterling S. Hughes"?

2. What do Janelle and Judianne represent archetypically in the narrative? How are they alike?

3. What led to Chankara's bruises in "Chankara Troupe"?

4. How does Gloria describe her life in "Gloria Martinez"?

5. What inner self does Diondra reveal in "Diondra Jordan"? What is her first poem about?

6. How does Leslie describe her life in "Leslie Lucas"? Why doesn't she feel she fits in?

7. How does Janelle feel about performing poetry? What takes place when the students perform?

8. What led up to the friendship between Leslie and Porscha in the narrative?

9. How does Wesley describe Tyrone in "Wesley 'Bad Boy' Boone"?

10. How does Lupe describe her home life in "Lupe"? What is the poem "Brown Hands" about?

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