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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two: Family.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an activity Matt lists as something Nanny did that was cool?
(a) Made root beer floats.
(b) Prepared breakfast for dinner.
(c) Rode a skateboard.
(d) Made homemade ice cream sandwiches.

2. At the end of Chapter 2: "Identity," Matt instructs all "Black boys" (51) to take which action?
(a) Scream.
(b) Act.
(c) Think.
(d) Smile.

3. On which Black figure did Matt focus for a project during elementary school?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Medgar Evers.
(d) Emmett Till.

4. Besides Matt's use of his own gay lingo, what other aspect of his persona was attacked at an early age?
(a) His hair.
(b) His smile.
(c) His walk.
(d) His laugh.

5. What sort of expression did Matt's mask of many years display, according to his statement at the end of Chapter 3: "Honeychild"?
(a) A frown.
(b) A smile.
(c) A blank look.
(d) A grimace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person does Matt thank for "always reassuring [him] that he was perfectly made for this journey" (180)?

2. To which location did Hope always take Matt as a sort of tradition?

3. Which member of Matt's family did he imagine attending a book launch event at the moment he signed his first book deal?

4. In which city was Matt's father raised, as revealed in Chapter 8: "Daddy's Second Chance"?

5. In which era of life was Matt when he and his brother Garrett went to summer camp?

(see the answer key)

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