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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. It is asserted within the introduction entitled "Black. Queer. Here." that society presents children with how many different paths from which to choose?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

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

3. How many other people accompanied Nanny on her long road trip featured in Chapter 6: "You Can't Swim in Cowboy Boots"?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

5. In which grade did Matt begin to jump rope during recess?
(a) 5th.
(b) 1st.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 7th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Matt's use of his own gay lingo, what other aspect of his persona was attacked at an early age?

2. Who asked Matt to stop saying the word "honeychild" (152) at school?

3. How old was Matt when he was first exposed to trauma?

4. During which month of the year did Matt's participation in jumping rope become problematic?

5. What sort of expression did Matt's mask of many years display, according to his statement at the end of Chapter 3: "Honeychild"?

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