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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 does the author of write in the final line after "P.S." in "A Letter to my Mother"?
(a) "Good-bye."
(b) "Have a happy life."
(c) "You will never see me again."
(d) "Forever is such a long time."

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

3. In Tyrone's commentary on the poem "Doubtless," he says that he doesn't have any what in his crew?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) Women.
(d) White boys.

4. How old does the poet say he was when he looked to heaven in "Doubtless"?
(a) 4.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

5. Lupe think that she wants to be what when she finishes school in "Lupe"?
(a) A pilot or a pianist.
(b) A jockey or a geologist.
(c) A kindergarten teacher or pediatrician.
(d) An opera singer or a softball player.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Amy say thinks she's so tough she doesn't need anyone in "Amy Moscowitz"?

2. How old is the person who asked Janelle to marry him in "Janelle"?

3. In "Self-Portrait: A Poem for my Father," the author writes "Love is not me being who" what?

4. Who does Tyrone say got into the paper in his commentary after the poem "The Door"?

5. Who does Janelle say asked her to marry him yesterday in "Janelle"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tyrone relate about the newspaper article after the reading of "The Door"?

2. What do each of the poets contribute to the poem "News at Five"?

3. How has Lupe's focus changed in the narrative by the time she reads "Imagine"?

4. Where does Lupe say she wants to go to college in "Lupe"? Why?

5. How has Janelle's self esteem changed in the narrative before she reads "The Door"?

6. What kind of poem is performed by Tyrone, Wesley and Sterling in the narrative?

7. How does the character of Diondra view conditional and unconditional love?

8. What happens at the assembly at the end of the school year, as described by Tyrone?

9. What is Amy's greatest fear? How does she describe this metaphorically in "Ode to Stone"?

10. How does Raynard feel about schoolwork in "Raynard Patterson"?

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