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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. In which year did Matt's long moratorium on smiles end?
2. In which grade did Matt begin to jump rope during recess?
3. Matt warns the reader that what element can act as "a threat to actual change" (91)?
4. Matt claims that the entire length of his hometown takes about how many minutes to drive?
5. How many children were part of the group that ended up attacking Matt, as described in Chapter 1: "Smile"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which sport was the one Matt dreaded the most when he was very young and how did he avoid it?
2. Where did Matt attend elementary school?
3. How did the commemmoration of Black History Month always make Matt feel as a child?
4. What is code-switching and in what context did Matt use it?
5. What is the first sentence of Chapter 1: "Smile" and what is its intended purpose?
6. What problem does Matt cite with respect to the educations provided to Black American children?
7. In what way does Matt portray language as powerful within Act One: A Different Kid?
8. What warning did Matt's friend Todd provide to him and how did Matt respond?
9. For what reason does Matt state that he had two homes throughout his childhood?
10. What type of media is presented at the end of Act One: A Different Kid?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Johnson use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
Essay Topic 2
What is Johnson's message regarding a particular shift in worldview that needs to occur for a particular group of people and why?
Essay Topic 3
In what way does Johnson go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?
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