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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which location did Hope always take Matt as a sort of tradition?
(a) The store.
(b) The gas station.
(c) The zoo.
(d) The fire station.

2. What word does Matt use to describe the first time he fed his mother after her surgery?
(a) Heartbreaking.
(b) Tough.
(c) Special.
(d) Beautiful.

3. How many pounds did Matt weigh during his junior year of high school?
(a) 130.
(b) 110.
(c) 160.
(d) 145.

4. At what time of the morning does Matt recall hearing an announcement about 9/11 coming over the loudspeakers at school?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

5. Who was the first person at college to ask Matt if he was gay?
(a) Professor Manning.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Monique.
(d) Tiara.

6. Which member of the family at first challenged Hope's decision to go by a new name?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Garrett.
(c) Rasul.
(d) Little Rall.

7. Matt recalls studying episodes of what television show in preparation for attending a black college?
(a) Blackish.
(b) A Different World.
(c) Living Single.
(d) The Cosby Show.

8. What type of product did Matt sell with Nanny's help during his ninth grade year?
(a) Candy.
(b) Pie.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) Pizza.

9. How did Matt reply when he was asked by a college friend whether he was gay or not?
(a) He said he did not know.
(b) He said he was bisexual.
(c) He said no.
(d) He said yes.

10. What type of media is included at the end of Chapter 10: "A Lesson Before Dying"?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A map.
(c) A graph.
(d) A painting.

11. With what legal name was Hope born, according to Matt?
(a) Michael.
(b) Lamar.
(c) George.
(d) Jermaine.

12. Matt feels that he must protect Baby G because "black babies are born into" what "despite any additional marginalizations" (126)?
(a) Violence.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Oppression.

13. Which of Matt's aunts is also his godmother?
(a) Elsie.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Bea.
(d) Audrey.

14. How many years older than Matt is his older brother G.G.?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

15. Who was in the room sleeping when Matt was molested by his cousin?
(a) Little Rall.
(b) Hope.
(c) Garrett.
(d) Rasul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Near the end of the piece called "Dear Little Brother," Matt uses the second person point of view to say, "Just remember that you will always be my first" (126) what?

3. Matt asserts that the process of coming out as gay is what kind of process?

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

5. What grade was Zae finishing when Matt was graduating from high school?

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