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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Second Quarter".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Vondie's mother work, according to the narrator in "Ironic"?
(a) In the school cafeteria.
(b) At a bookstore.
(c) At NASA.
(d) At a bank.

2. What does the narrator describe hitting his brother over the head with in "On the Way to the Game"?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His fist.
(c) His lunch box.
(d) His jockstrap.

3. Where does Josh's father offer to stop for food after the game in "35-18"?
(a) KFC.
(b) Taco Bell.
(c) Krispy Kreme.
(d) Pollard's.

4. What word from "Dribbling" is spaced out across the page of the poem?
(a) "Slipping."
(b) "Alone."
(c) "Rocking."
(d) "Dancing."

5. What is the Number 4 reason the narrator lists in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) "They make me feel like a king."
(b) "No one else on the team has them."
(c) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."
(d) "They remind me of my father."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's Number 3 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?

2. "35-18" is described as the final score of what game in the poem with the same name?

3. In "Basketball Rule #1" the narrator says, "In this game of life, your family is" what?

4. What is the name of the team that Josh and JB play basketball for?

5. What is the narrator's Number 2 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?

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