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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Josh say he wants to attend college in "JB and I"?
(a) Carolina Blue.
(b) Ohio State.
(c) Duke.
(d) LSU.

2. How does the narrator of "Josh Bell" describe his hair in the poem?
(a) Long.
(b) Purple.
(c) Green.
(d) Short.

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

4. What book does Josh see an old man reading in "Third Wheel"?
(a) The Tipping Point.
(b) 1984.
(c) The Giver.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

5. How much money does the narrator say Jordan won from a bet with his father in "Jordan Bell"?
(a) $100.
(b) $10.
(c) $20.
(d) $50.

6. Who was not at the game tonight, according to the narrator in "Out of Control"?
(a) His brother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

10. The narrator of "Josh Bell" says that he is the next "Kevin Durant, LeBron" and who?
(a) "Magic Johnson."
(b) "Chris Paul."
(c) "Michael Jordan."
(d) "Kobe Bryant."

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

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

13. "35-18" is described as the final score of what game in the poem with the same name?
(a) Game six.
(b) Game two.
(c) Game three.
(d) Game seven.

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

15. "Filthy McNasty" is described as being what mythical creature in the poem by the same name?
(a) "Manchild."
(b) "Ogre."
(c) "Cyclops."
(d) "Archangel."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What team does Josh describe having just beaten in "Mom Calls Me into the Kitchen"?

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

4. Whom does Josh say JB is too shy to talk to in "Ironic"?

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

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