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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. Nanny is the youngest of how many children, according to Matt?

2. To which school did Janet go after high school was over?

3. To which location did Hope always take Matt as a sort of tradition?

4. The young man nicknamed Zae asked Matt which question?

5. Who was in the room sleeping when Matt was molested by his cousin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of business did Nanny help Matt to start, as described in Chapter 7, "Nanny: the Caregiver, the Hustler, My Best Friend"?

2. What significant event took place during the Christmas season of 2018?

3. What simple sign of affection shocked Matt when it came from his father while Matt was in his early 20s?

4. How many weeks into Matt's college experience did Tiara ask about his sexuality and how did he respond?

5. What adjective does Matt use to describe the relative ease of writing Chapter 11, "Boys Will Be Boys," which begins Act Three: Teenagers and why?

6. What does Matt mean when he asserts that the process of coming out as gay "is not a final thing" and that it "is ever occurring" (237)?

7. In what part of the high school building did Matt experience sexual harrassment during his youth?

8. To which person does the title of Chapter 8, "Daddy's Second Chance" refer, besides of course Daddy?

9. How did Matt's expectations of college differ from the reality in terms of his own sexual identity?

10. Which aspect of Matt's abusive cousin's personality does Matt find ironic and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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