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

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

3. How old was Tamir Rice when he was killed by police officers who mistook his toy gun for a real one?

4. What feeling did most kids have when they got their first haircut?

5. Before what date were the only Elders listed in the census White Irish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Emmett Till?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Johnson learn when he traced his lineage and took a DNA test?

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

9. How did Nanny discipline the boys?

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

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in We Are Not Broken? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and individuals? How does the point of view help readers connect with and understand Johnson?

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

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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