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

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

3. In the poem "If," the author writes "If I stood on tiptoe / reached up and sculpted / mountains from ____ / would you laugh out loud?"
(a) Clay.
(b) Stars.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Clouds.

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

5. What does the "S." in "Sterling S. Hughes" stand for?
(a) Steven.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Sanford.
(d) Samson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "infantile game" does Sterling say the guys at school are always trying to draw him into in "Sterling S. Hughes"?

2. 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?

3. The author writes in "If" of planting what kind of roses "in your garden"?

4. Whose eye does Devon describe catching in the cafeteria line in "Devon"?

5. Who is the only person who knows that Diondra has been drawing since she was a child in "Diondra Jordan"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is mirror imagery used symbolically in the narrative?

4. How is Sterling different from the other characters in the narrative?

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

6. What motivations drive the character of Raul?

7. Who notices Devon's secret passion in "Devon Hope"? What does she do about it?

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

9. How does Judianne describe herself in "Judianne Alexander"?

10. What passion drives Devon in "Devon Hope"? Where does he spend his time?

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