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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 4, what did Johnson shoot at?

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

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

4. How old was Garret when he changed an F on his report card to an A?

5. In Chapter 6, where did the boys go to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of work did Nanny do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How and why was Tamir Rice killed?

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

Nanny took on a caregiving role for her grandsons. Why did Nanny take on a caregiving role for her grandsons? What type of relationship did the boys have with her? How was the relationship they had pivotal in the boys’ lives?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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