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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. In the summer of which year did Nanny take Matt and his cousins on a long road trip?
3. When Matt's cousins all bought sneakers on a shopping trip with Nanny, what did Matt buy instead?
4. Matt warns the reader that what element can act as "a threat to actual change" (91)?
5. To which gameshow does Matt allude when he discusses playground activities in Chapter 4: "Fags Play Football Too"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the writer of All Boys Aren't Blue mean when he says that his birth was a foreshadowing?
2. What is the first sentence of Chapter 1: "Smile" and what is its intended purpose?
3. Discuss an instance when Matt makes fun of himself and discuss his purpose for doing so.
4. According to Matt, what is the main reason why most gay athletes remain closeted?
5. What surprise did Matt discover about his name during elementary school?
6. What problem does Matt cite with respect to the educations provided to Black American children?
7. For what reason did Matt's Catholic school refuse to allow him to go by the name Matt?
8. What is the main goal of the text entitled All Boys Aren't Blue, according to the introduction?
9. What lasting physical effect of Matt's first trauma did he later have to fight against?
10. What is code-switching and in what context did Matt use it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
What is the purpose of the six photographs included within All Boys Aren't Blue?
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of invisibility portrayed in All Boys Aren't Blue? Examine Johnson's treatment of and messages regarding invisibility throughout the work.
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