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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. How many other people accompanied Nanny on her long road trip featured in Chapter 6: "You Can't Swim in Cowboy Boots"?

2. Matt admits that in his adult life, he is teased for his obsession with what kinds of activities?

3. Which person is NOT depicted in the photograph included at the end of the book's introduction "Black. Queer. Here."?

4. When Matt's cousins all bought sneakers on a shopping trip with Nanny, what did Matt buy instead?

5. How many children were part of the group that ended up attacking Matt, as described in Chapter 1: "Smile"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first sentence of Chapter 1: "Smile" and what is its intended purpose?

2. For what reason did Matt's Catholic school refuse to allow him to go by the name Matt?

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

4. What problem does Matt cite with respect to the educations provided to Black American children?

5. Describe the town where Matt grew up.

6. Which sport was the one Matt dreaded the most when he was very young and how did he avoid it?

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

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

9. In what way does Matt portray language as powerful within Act One: A Different Kid?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perform a biographical criticism of All Boys Aren't Blue by researching Johnson's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Johnson.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Johnson's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of All Boys Aren't Blue.

Essay Topic 3

What is Johnson's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does Johnson get this message across to the reader?

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