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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. What type of pins did Nanny always wear on her church dresses?

2. To what census was Johnson able to trace his family in Chapter 4?

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

4. How old was Nanny's nephew Kevin when she adopted him?

5. When did Aunt Sarah befriend a white girl?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What type of work did Nanny do?

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

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

6. How are barbershops a staple of the Black community?

7. How and why was Tamir Rice killed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Lil’ Kevin sexually abused Johnson. How did Lil’ Kevin use his influence and power to abuse Johnson? How and why did these encounters affect Johnson’s experiences with puberty and how he viewed the world?

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