View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Granny always use for a "whooping" (42)?

2. In Chapter 6, why did Rasul leave baseball practice?

3. How old was Matt when he finally swung back at Rasul?

4. What type of soap did the boys always use when they took baths at Nanny's?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Nanny always say about having multiple ways to make money?

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

3. Why were Johnson and his cousins never allowed to go outside with a toy gun?

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

5. Who was Nanny?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnson fondly remembers Thanksgiving dinners. How were food and Black culture interrelated? How was food “Black Joy” and a way “of showing love” (143)?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. What is the setting in We Are Not Broken? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Rasul and his cousins remembered a fight Rasul had with a boy named Kelly. How was Rasul’s version of the fight different from what his cousins remembered? What is communicated about truth through the different versions?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 927 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample