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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The incident involving Matt's use of the word "honeychild" (52) taught him that what location was the only safe place for him to be himself?
(a) At school.
(b) In his imagination.
(c) At his parents' house.
(d) At Nanny's house.

2. In the summer of which year did Nanny take Matt and his cousins on a long road trip?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1997.

3. How did Matt feel about football very early on in his life?
(a) He feared it.
(b) He dreaded it.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He was obsessed with it.

4. Matt asserts that Black children in the United States drown at what rate, compared with white children?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) The same rate.
(d) 2 times.

5. Matt asserts in Chapter 5: "'Honest Abe' Lied to Me" that "American history is truly the greatest" what "ever written" (86)?
(a) Fable.
(b) Fairy tale.
(c) Lie.
(d) Story.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fighting for which part of his identity has always been difficult for Matt?

2. What sort of job did Matt's father hold throughout Matt's youth?

3. Which period of the day did Matt spend with the boys before joining the girls for Double Dutch?

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

5. Matt warns the reader that what element can act as "a threat to actual change" (91)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Matt's theory about the origins of strict gender norms.

2. What type of media is presented at the end of Act One: A Different Kid?

3. What is code-switching and in what context did Matt use it?

4. What surprise did Matt discover about his name during elementary school?

5. What lasting physical effect of Matt's first trauma did he later have to fight against?

6. Who was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?

7. Where did Matt attend elementary school?

8. For what reason does Matt state that he had two homes throughout his childhood?

9. In what way does Matt portray language as powerful within Act One: A Different Kid?

10. Describe the town where Matt grew up.

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