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

2. Throughout Matt's youth, it was his job to wake up the rest of the family once he woke up at what time of each morning?
(a) 5.
(b) 6:30.
(c) 5:45.
(d) 8.

3. Chapter 9: "Losing Hope" focuses on which member of Matt's family?
(a) An uncle.
(b) An aunt.
(c) A cousin.
(d) A brother.

4. What was the name of Matt's very best friend throughout high school?
(a) Manuel.
(b) Janet.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Sally.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which room of the high school building was Matt subjected to unwanted touching during his youth?

2. With which member of Matt's family did he live during his first year at college?

3. The unnamed cousin who molested Matt was the first of Nanny's grandchildren to take what action?

4. To whom is Chapter 11: "Boys Will Be Boys" addressed?

5. In which city was Matt's father raised, as revealed in Chapter 8: "Daddy's Second Chance"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Discuss a moment in the text when Matt depicts qualities of his own physicality.

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