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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. 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 was the easiest to write.
(c) It has been the most popular.
(d) It has been the most controversial.

2. The young man nicknamed Zae asked Matt which question?
(a) If he was gay.
(b) If he had a boyfriend.
(c) If he was married.
(d) If he had kids.

3. Matt eventually realized that Nanny's main purpose for getting him involved in entrepreneurship was so that he would not be what?
(a) Poor.
(b) Inept.
(c) Helpless.
(d) Alone.

4. To whom is Matt writing in the piece entitled "Dear Little Brother" at the start of Act Two: Family?
(a) The friendless.
(b) All boys and men.
(c) Black teenage boys.
(d) Black boys and men.

5. Which member of Matt's family was closeted throughout Matt's youth?
(a) Jermaine.
(b) Hope.
(c) G.G.
(d) Garrett.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Dear Little Brother" is intended to act as an important display of what emotion, according to the memoirist?

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

3. What word does Matt use to describe the first time he fed his mother after her surgery?

4. How many years apart are Matt and his younger brother Garrett?

5. To which school did Matt go after he had graduated from high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significant event took place during the Christmas season of 2018?

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. For what reason did Hope often take Matt to the store with her when she was visiting Nanny's house?

4. What simple sign of affection shocked Matt when it came from his father while Matt was in his early 20s?

5. In what part of the high school building did Matt experience sexual harrassment during his youth?

6. In what way does the motif of the journey arise within the piece entitled "Dear Mommy" in Act Two?

7. What did Matt expect would happen in relation to his sexuality when he reached college?

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

9. 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)?

10. What is the symbolism of the girdle described in Chapter 10, "A Lesson Before Dying"?

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