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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is JB described in "After"?
(a) "Bandaged and hurt."
(b) "Piercing and ominous."
(c) "Solemn and wounded."
(d) "Volcanic and weighty."

2. What does the narrator's mother compare his father with in the poem "Josh Bell"?
(a) "A red Corvette."
(b) "An ol' Chevette."
(c) "A pickup truck."
(d) "A magnolia tree."

3. In the poem "Dribbling," the narrator states, "At the top of the key, I'm / MOVING AND GROOVING, / POPping and" what?
(a) "SLACKING."
(b) "SOCKing."
(c) "ROCKING."
(d) "BOPPING."

4. What is the narrator's father's name?
(a) Jerry.
(b) James.
(c) Chuck.
(d) JB.

5. "35-18" is described as the final score of what game in the poem with the same name?
(a) Game six.
(b) Game three.
(c) Game two.
(d) Game seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is JB and Josh's team set to play next week in "Article #1 in the Daily News (December 14)"?

2. Who is the coach of Josh and JB's basketball team?

3. How many points does Josh describe scoring at the pickup game at the Rec in "Conversation"?

4. What game does Josh's team win in "This Week, I"?

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

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