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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 3, what recipe did Matt remember was passed down from his Granma Lula Mae?

2. When Lil' Rall and Rasul first moved to Plainfield, what sport did Nanny sign them up for?

3. How many kids were attending Nanny's daycare when she and her assistant, Aunt Cheryl, took them to Jersey City to get Nanny's grandchildren?

4. Where did Matt and his cousins grow up?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did a girl accuse Rasul of doing at a baseball practice in 1987?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

There was a double standard regarding sexuality for boys and for girls in the Black community. How was there a double standard regarding appropriate sexual behavior for boys and for girls in the Black community?

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