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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say his twin brother is in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) "A tiger."
(b) "A lover."
(c) "A fast-drive."
(d) "A baller."

2. "35-18" is described as the final score of what game in the poem with the same name?
(a) Game six.
(b) Game seven.
(c) Game two.
(d) Game three.

3. Who kissed JB in Sunday School, according to the narrator in "JB and I"?
(a) Kim Bazemore.
(b) Jenny Laughton.
(c) Alexis.
(d) Mary Short.

4. 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."

5. How does the narrator's father respond when he is asked if he misses playing basketball in "Conversation"?
(a) "Like the moon misses the sun."
(b) "Like jazz misses Dizzy."
(c) "Like I miss your mother."
(d) "Like jazz misses Charlie Parker."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does JB do when his father appears to be having a stroke in "I'm on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?

2. Where does Josh envision JB when his team is meditating in "At Practice"?

3. What does Josh describe beating JB in, in "Too Good"?

4. How many free throws has JB hit in a row, according to Josh in "I'm on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?

5. What is the single sentence that comprises the poem "Basketball Rule #5"?

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