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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 is the reason why most gay athletes remain closeted, according to Matt?
2. What term does Matt use to describe the ways in which he moved back and forth between different groups in his school-age years?
3. What sort of job did Matt's father hold throughout Matt's youth?
4. What was the additional sports option for students who did not want to play football, according to Matt?
5. Matt states that his hope for the book All Boys Aren't Blue is that it will help "more people find their" (14) what and find "their power to live in that" (14) element of life?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the town where Matt grew up.
2. How did Matt learn how to swim?
3. Where did Matt attend elementary school?
4. What is the main goal of the text entitled All Boys Aren't Blue, according to the introduction?
5. What lasting physical effect of Matt's first trauma did he later have to fight against?
6. What does the writer of All Boys Aren't Blue mean when he says that his birth was a foreshadowing?
7. What type of media is presented at the end of Act One: A Different Kid?
8. Discuss an instance when Matt makes fun of himself and discuss his purpose for doing so.
9. Explain Matt's theory about the origins of strict gender norms.
10. For what reason did Matt's Catholic school refuse to allow him to go by the name Matt?
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 use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of All Boys Aren't Blue. How does Johnson use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of points central to the tenets of the memoir?
Essay Topic 3
Examine how Johnson goes about connecting personal experience with the arguments put forth within All Boys Aren't Blue. How does Johnson accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?
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