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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. How old was Matt when one of his cousins molested him?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

2. Matt feels that he must protect Baby G because "black babies are born into" what "despite any additional marginalizations" (126)?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Violence.

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

4. In which city was Matt's father raised, as revealed in Chapter 8: "Daddy's Second Chance"?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Williamsburg.
(c) Topeka.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. In which room of the high school building was Matt subjected to unwanted touching during his youth?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) The gym.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year did Matt and Nanny plan Nanny's funeral together?

2. How many pounds did Matt weigh during his junior year of high school?

3. To which school did Janet go after high school was over?

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

5. How old was Matt when he came out as gay to his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of narration is employed to relay the events and ideas in Chapter 11, "Boys Will Be Boys"?

2. 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)?

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

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

5. To which person does the title of Chapter 8, "Daddy's Second Chance" refer, besides of course Daddy?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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