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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. How old was Garrett when he started his Jordan sneakers collection?
(a) 12.
(b) 7 or 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 8 or 9.

2. What TV show did Lil' Rall remember watching with Nanny in high school?
(a) 3rd Rock from the Sun.
(b) NYPD Blue.
(c) Twin Peaks.
(d) The Golden Girls.

3. How often when Johnson was growing up in Plainfield did his family have a barbershop or beauty salon?
(a) 5 times.
(b) A few times.
(c) Always.
(d) 10 times.

4. When Johnson remembered a trip he took with Solidene and another family member, how long does he remember waiting in the car for Solidene?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

5. How tall was Nanny?
(a) 5 feet 3.
(b) 5 feet 4.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 5 feet 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Aunt Sarah befriend a white girl?

2. When Rasul got his first pair of Rollerblades, how many steps did he jump down?

3. What was the name of the white woman who accused Emmett Till of whistling at her?

4. How many of Nanny's siblings died in a house fire when she was a little girl?

5. What feeling did most kids have when they got their first haircut?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Nanny not arrested for punching Mrs. Todd?

2. What did Justice remember that he and Nanny used to love?

3. What does Johnson say about growing up with his cousins in the Author's Note?

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

5. Who was Nanny?

6. Who was Emmett Till?

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

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

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

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

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