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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. In Chapter 6, who lied and said that Rasul stole their baseball cleats?

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

3. How old was Solidene in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 3, what recipe did Matt remember was passed down from his Granma Lula Mae?

5. How many stations did Mrs. Kaye's Boutique have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of work did Nanny do?

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

4. Who was Nanny?

5. Who was Emmett Till?

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 4, how did Johnson feel about shooting a gun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnson decided to write the book a few days before his grandmother died. What was Johnson’s process of writing? Why did he write the book?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in We Are Not Broken to show how individuals communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner?

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?

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