Incident Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Incident? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Where does the poem take place?


Boston
Baltimore
Bolivia
The North Pole
Q. Where does the poem take place, more specifically?


On a hovercraft
On a plane
On a bus
On a boat
Q. How old is the speaker when the incident takes place?


seven
eight
eighteen
eight hundred and eighty eight
Q. What's the poem's metrical form?


Ballad meter
Demeter
Iambic pentameter
Free verse
Q. What does the other boy on the bus call the speaker?


"Negro"
"The N-Word"
"N*****"
"Nothing much"