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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Three: Teenagers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which gameshow does Matt allude when he discusses playground activities in Chapter 4: "Fags Play Football Too"?
(a) American Gladiators.
(b) Family Feud.
(c) Solitary.
(d) Beat the Clock.

2. In which part of Chapter 12: "The Prom Kings We Never Were" does Matt use the sentence "We should have been prom kings" (223)?
(a) The first sentence of the final paragraph.
(b) The first sentence.
(c) The final sentence.
(d) The final sentence of the first paragraph.

3. Which person at the graduation ceremony depicted in Chapter 13: Setting Myself Up Free or Setting Myself Up? called out the names of deceased rappers?
(a) Matt.
(b) The dean of students.
(c) The valedictorian.
(d) Hope.

4. How did Matt answer the question Zae asked him, as revealed in Chapter 12: "The Prom Kings We Never Were"?
(a) He gave a vague answer.
(b) He denied it.
(c) He refused to answer.
(d) He confirmed it.

5. In which year did Matt's long moratorium on smiles end?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2015.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2006.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children were part of the group that ended up attacking Matt, as described in Chapter 1: "Smile"?

2. Matt discusses his mother's survival of what type of cancer?

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

4. The photograph included at the end of Chapter 6: "You Can't Swim in Cowboy Boots" depicts Matt's family member being sworn in as which rank of police officer?

5. Matt feels that he must protect Baby G because "black babies are born into" what "despite any additional marginalizations" (126)?

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