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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Aunt Crystal work in Chapter 5?
(a) Police department as a secretary.
(b) Architect's office as a secretary.
(c) County offices as a secretary.
(d) Law office as a paralegal.

2. In Chapter 4, what ages were the cousins who got to shoot a gun?
(a) Between 14 and 18.
(b) 16 and 18.
(c) Between 10 and 16.
(d) Between 12 and 18.

3. On weekends, where did Nanny do licensed professional nurse work?
(a) New Providence, New Jersey.
(b) Chatham, New Jersey.
(c) Madison, New Jersey.
(d) Springfield, New Jersey.

4. In Chapter 6, where did the boys go to school?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Cedarbrook.
(d) Cook.

5. How old was Johnson in Chapter 4 when his family when to a family reunion in Virginia?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of pins did Nanny always wear on her church dresses?

2. How many square miles is Plainfield?

3. How old does Lil' Rall think he was when he remembers the custody hearing for him and his brother?

4. On what street in Plainfield was Kaye's hair salon?

5. Which of the cousins wore glasses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Johnson say about the book and why he wrote it?

2. Who was Emmett Till?

3. In 1987, why did Nanny punch a woman named Mrs. Todd?

4. How did Johnson and the other boys spend their Saturdays at Nanny's?

5. What did Johnson learn when he traced his lineage and took a DNA test?

6. What did a girl accuse Rasul of doing at a baseball practice in 1987?

7. How are barbershops a staple of the Black community?

8. How did Nanny discipline the boys?

9. Why did Johnson and his little brother Garrett go to Nanny's after school and on weekends?

10. What type of work did Nanny do?

(see the answer keys)

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