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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. Where did Matt and his cousins grow up?

2. In Chapter 5, how old was Johnson when he and the other boys were at the salon and decided to sing If I Ever Fall in Love for the customers?

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

4. How many square miles is Plainfield?

5. Who wrote that the most disrespected person in America is the Black woman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 did Justice remember that he and Nanny used to love?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnson spent a lot of time at his uncle’s barbershop. What experiences did Johnson have at his uncle’s barbershop? What were the pros and cons of the experience Black boys had at barbershops?

Essay Topic 2

There was a double standard regarding sexuality for boys and for girls in the Black community. How was there a double standard regarding appropriate sexual behavior for boys and for girls in the Black community?

Essay Topic 3

The author writes about how it was dangerous for Blacks to have guns—real or toy growing up. Why was it dangerous for Blacks to have guns?

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