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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. In which year did Matt and Nanny plan Nanny's funeral together?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2011.

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

3. Matt discusses Hope's experiences with what type of discrimination?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Ethnocentrism.
(d) Transphobia.

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

5. The photograph at the end of Chapter 13: Setting Myself Free or Setting Myself Up? was taken in which year?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2006.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Matt when his father gave him an unexpected hug as he was getting ready to head back to college?

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

3. Chapter 9: "Losing Hope" focuses on which member of Matt's family?

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

5. In Chapter 10: "A Lesson Before Dying," Matt discusses an episode from how many years before?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Matt's expectations of college differ from the reality in terms of his own sexual identity?

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

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

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

6. 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)?

7. Which musical artist did Matt adore during his late teens and what significance does he now see in this choice?

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

9. In what way and for what purpose does Matt employ the literary device of repetition within Chapter 11, entitled "Boys Will Be Boys"?

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

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