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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggestion did Todd make to Matt the day when he warned him about circulating rumors?

2. Besides Matt's use of his own gay lingo, what other aspect of his persona was attacked at an early age?

3. How does Matt recall feeling when he used the word "honeychild" (152) at school?

4. How did Matt feel about football very early on in his life?

5. At the end of Chapter 2: "Identity," Matt instructs all "Black boys" (51) to take which action?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning did Matt's friend Todd provide to him and how did Matt respond?

2. What connection does Matt make between symbolism and danger in Chapter 6, "You Can't Swim in Cowboy Boots"?

3. What type of media is presented at the end of Act One: A Different Kid?

4. What lasting physical effect of Matt's first trauma did he later have to fight against?

5. According to Matt, what is the one thing that most effectively "denies queer people happiness" (73)?

6. Who was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?

7. Explain Matt's theory about the origins of strict gender norms.

8. What does the writer of All Boys Aren't Blue mean when he says that his birth was a foreshadowing?

9. Discuss an instance when Matt makes fun of himself and discuss his purpose for doing so.

10. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Matt and his brother Garrett loved living at Nanny's house during the week.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within Johnson’s text and with which of the text’s messages does the theme most closely connect?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Johnson’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?

Essay Topic 3

How does Johnson’s use of the first and second person point of view serve the purposes of the text? Discuss how Johnson’s choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.

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