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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. Before what date were the only Elders listed in the census White Irish?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1810.

2. How old was Emmett Till when he was beaten to death?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

3. What percent Irish showed up when Johnson and Aunt Munch took the 23andMe test?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1.
(c) 1/4.
(d) A small percentage.

4. What did Matt's father do for a living?
(a) Narcotics officer.
(b) Detective.
(c) Uniformed police officer.
(d) Transit officer.

5. To what census was Johnson able to trace his family in Chapter 4?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1855.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Johnson and Aunt Munch took the 23andMe test, what percent Indigenous DNA matches did they have?

2. Which of the cousins wore glasses?

3. How old was Garrett when he started his Jordan sneakers collection?

4. What was the name of Emmett Till's mother?

5. How often when Johnson was growing up in Plainfield did his family have a barbershop or beauty salon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Nanny?

3. What did Nanny do when Aunt Cynthia called her a bitch over the phone?

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

5. What was Nanny's Big Yellow House like?

6. During the summer of 1991, where did the family travel and why?

7. What salon did Johnson's mother have, and what was it like?

8. How did Lil' Rall thank Nanny in his letter between Chapters 2 and 3?

9. What does Johnson say in the Author's Note about how Black boys are viewed?

10. How and why was Tamir Rice killed?

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