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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall was Matt on September 11, 2001?
(a) 6 feet and 1 inch.
(b) 5 feet and 11 inches.
(c) 5 feet and 7 inches.
(d) 5 feet and 4 inches.

2. How many hours of community service was Matt required to complete in his ninth grade year?
(a) 500.
(b) 50.
(c) 250.
(d) 100.

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

4. How many years apart are Matt and his younger brother Garrett?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

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

6. 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) The dean of students.
(b) The valedictorian.
(c) Matt.
(d) Hope.

7. Matt states that the recent birth of whose first son has affected his life and the life of the baby's father?
(a) His brother's.
(b) His stepfather's.
(c) His uncle's.
(d) His baby cousin's.

8. Matt states that his mission is to leave the Earth with no true what?
(a) Despair.
(b) Deception.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Regrets.

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

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

11. In which room of the high school building was Matt subjected to unwanted touching during his youth?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The gym.
(c) The library.
(d) The cafeteria.

12. The brightest spot of Matt's summer before leaving for college was marked by his love for which music artist?
(a) Haim.
(b) Rihanna.
(c) Kesha.
(d) Beyonce.

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

14. What was the name of Matt's roommate during his first year of college?
(a) Monique.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Tiara.
(d) Michelle.

15. In which city was Matt's father raised, as revealed in Chapter 8: "Daddy's Second Chance"?
(a) Williamsburg.
(b) Topeka.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Mobile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Matt states that ultimately, caring for older human beings is truly a what?

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

3. What is Nanny's first name?

4. What is NOT an activity Matt lists as something Nanny did that was cool?

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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