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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 the narrator's mother make his father sit during basketball games in "Mom Tells Dad"?
(a) In the middle row.
(b) In the front row.
(c) In the faculty box.
(d) In the top row.

2. What does Jordan insist that everyone call him, according to the narrator in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) Filthy McNasty.
(b) JB.
(c) Jordan.
(d) J.

3. Where does Josh say his mother is in "Too Good"?
(a) At a conference.
(b) At her office.
(c) At church.
(d) At the game.

4. In the end of "Mom Calls Me into the Kitchen," Josh questions if what is really the answer?
(a) Salad.
(b) Truth.
(c) Hummus.
(d) Basketball.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Josh's grandfather when he died, according to the narrator in "Conversation"?

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

3. What does Josh's father suggest they go get at the end of the poem "Conversation"?

4. What is "your heart" in the metaphor made by the narrator in "Basketball Rule #1"?

5. What does the narrator say the only thing his brother loves more than basketball is in "Jordan Bell"?

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