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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. Which of the cousins wore glasses?

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

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

4. When Johnson and Aunt Munch took the 23andMe test, what percent Indigenous DNA matches did they have?

5. How tall was Nanny?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of work did Nanny do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How and why was Tamir Rice killed?

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

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 3

Mood is an element that evokes feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a narrative. What is the overall mood of We Are Not Broken?

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