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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One: A Different Kid, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. F.W. Cook Elementary School had posters lining which of its walls?
(a) The hallways.
(b) The cafeteria.
(c) The classrooms.
(d) The library.

2. How many other boys jumped rope with the girls at the time when Matt joined the group?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

3. Who asked Matt to stop saying the word "honeychild" (152) at school?
(a) Nanny.
(b) His mother.
(c) Rasul.
(d) Little Rall.

4. Matt states that Nanny still retained her Southern accent even after living elsewhere for how many years?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 35.
(d) 5.

5. Matt warns the reader that what element can act as "a threat to actual change" (91)?
(a) Appropriation.
(b) Irony.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Sarcasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Matt suggests in the text's introduction that homophobia is driven by the fear of losing what?

2. Black children at Matt's elementary school were taught by staff of what type?

3. What kind of school setting is discussed at the beginning of Chapter 4, "Fags Play Football, Too"?

4. Chapter 5: "'Honest Abe' Lied to Me" states that Matt went to elementary school in which New Jersey city?

5. In which season of the year did Nanny buy sneakers for Matt's cousins and another type of shoe for him?

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