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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josh say he made on his vocabulary test in "Too Good"?
(a) A-.
(b) B+.
(c) B-.
(d) A+.

2. What does Josh's father say when he awakens in "On Christmas Eve"?
(a) "Where is your brother?"
(b) "Filthy, I didn't jump ship."
(c) "I love you all."
(d) "How did the game come out?"

3. 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.

4. What does Josh describe eating for dessert in the beginning of "Final Jeopardy"?
(a) Fruit cocktail.
(b) Doughnuts.
(c) Apple pie.
(d) Cherry pie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Charlie Bell's death, according to the report in "Article #2 in the Daily News (January 14)"?

2. At what time is the first message posted in "Text Messages from Vondie"?

3. How is the word "Churlish" described in the poem with the same name?

4. Where does the narrator's mother make his father sit during basketball games in "Mom Tells Dad"?

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

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