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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. 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?
(a) Sibling.
(b) Brother.
(c) Friend.
(d) Baby.

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

3. To which school did Matt go after he had graduated from high school?
(a) Virginia Union University.
(b) MIT.
(c) Howard.
(d) Rutgers.

4. What distinction does Matt make about the experience of writing Chapter 11: "Boys Will Be Boys" versus other chapters?
(a) It was the most difficult to write.
(b) It has been the most popular.
(c) It has been the most controversial.
(d) It was the easiest to write.

5. How old was Matt when he came out as gay to his mother?
(a) 25.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nanny's first name?

2. What type of product did Matt sell with Nanny's help during his ninth grade year?

3. Matt states that the recent birth of whose first son has affected his life and the life of the baby's father?

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

5. How old was Matt when he went off to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What life-changing event happened to Matt's younger brother Garrett shortly before the publication of the memoir?

2. What kind of business did Nanny help Matt to start, as described in Chapter 7, "Nanny: the Caregiver, the Hustler, My Best Friend"?

3. How old was Matt when a family member touched him in a sexual manner?

4. Which aspect of Matt's abusive cousin's personality does Matt find ironic and why?

5. How many weeks into Matt's college experience did Tiara ask about his sexuality and how did he respond?

6. What adjective does Matt use to describe the relative ease of writing Chapter 11, "Boys Will Be Boys," which begins Act Three: Teenagers and why?

7. What does Matt mean when he asserts that the process of coming out as gay "is not a final thing" and that it "is ever occurring" (237)?

8. What conclusion does Matt reach about the reason why Nanny helped him become an entrepreneur?

9. What main trait does Matt attribute to his cousin Hope and why?

10. What evidence does Matt provide for his conclusion in "Dear Mommy" that his mother purposefully made choices that would support his healthy development?

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