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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. On weekends, where did Nanny do licensed professional nurse work?

2. When did Uncle Rall and Cynthia get married?

3. What was the name of Emmett Till's mother?

4. How old was Matt when his dad spanked him for getting into a fight with Garrett and choking him?

5. On what street in Plainfield was Kaye's hair salon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Nanny discipline the boys?

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

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

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

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

9. How and why was Tamir Rice killed?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Nanny often said that if you put trash on the curb, you did not go back out and bring it inside again. What did Nanny mean by that Nannyism? What did the statement she made communicate about relationships?

Essay Topic 3

Johnson was injured when he and his cousins were skipping stones. What does the incident reveal about unconditional love?

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