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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. Which member of the family at first challenged Hope's decision to go by a new name?
(a) Garrett.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Rasul.
(d) Little Rall.

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

3. What word does Matt use to describe the first time he fed his mother after her surgery?
(a) Special.
(b) Heartbreaking.
(c) Tough.
(d) Beautiful.

4. Matt recalls studying episodes of what television show in preparation for attending a black college?
(a) The Cosby Show.
(b) A Different World.
(c) Living Single.
(d) Blackish.

5. "Dear Little Brother" is intended to act as an important display of what emotion, according to the memoirist?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Courage.
(c) Truth.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Matt asserts that the process of coming out as gay is what kind of process?

2. Which member of Matt's family was closeted throughout Matt's youth?

3. At what time of the morning does Matt recall hearing an announcement about 9/11 coming over the loudspeakers at school?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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)?

6. Describe the stated goals of the piece entitled "Dear Little Brother" that begins Act Two: Family.

7. 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?

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

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

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

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