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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what album does the song "Filthy McNasty" appear?
(a) Midnight Blue.
(b) A Love Supreme.
(c) Paris Blues.
(d) Kind of Blue.

2. How many sisters does the girl say she has in "Phone Conversation (I Sub for JB)"?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. What is JB doing while Josh tries to talk to him in "Conversation"?
(a) Making dinner.
(b) Homework.
(c) Talking on the phone.
(d) Writing on the computer.

4. Where does Josh envision JB when his team is meditating in "At Practice"?
(a) At the Olympics.
(b) In a hospital.
(c) In a church.
(d) On a mountaintop.

5. Where does Josh describe going on his way home after practice in "Second-Person"?
(a) To the library.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To the rec center.
(d) To the baseball field.

6. What position does Josh Bell's mother have at his school?
(a) Basketball coach.
(b) Assistant school principal.
(c) School principal.
(d) Custodian.

7. What is the narrator's Number 2 reason listed in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?
(a) "It helps people know that I am me and not JB."
(b) "They remind me of my father."
(c) "No one else on the team has them."
(d) "They make me feel like a king."

8. What does the narrator describe hitting his brother over the head with in "On the Way to the Game"?
(a) His lunch box.
(b) His fist.
(c) His backpack.
(d) His jockstrap.

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

10. How many free throws has JB hit in a row, according to Josh in "I'm on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven"?
(a) 19.
(b) 32.
(c) 41.
(d) 26.

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

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

13. What word does the narrator tell his father that no one uses anymore in "How I Got My Nickname"?
(a) "Hippest."
(b) "Square."
(c) "Swag."
(d) "Coolest."

14. What does Josh have a book report due tomorrow on in "Second-Person"?
(a) 1984.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Tipping Point.
(d) The Giver.

15. Whom does Josh say JB is too shy to talk to in "Ironic"?
(a) Amanda Smith.
(b) Miss Sweet Tea.
(c) Coach Hawkins.
(d) Jennifer Warren.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Josh say his mother is in "Too Good"?

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

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

4. What word in the poem "Filthy McNasty" is extended downward on the page?

5. Who are the narrator's favorite rappers who have dreadlocks in "Five Reasons I Have Locks"?

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