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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. How old was Nanny when she had her first child, Kaye?

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

3. What did Matt's father do for a living?

4. What was Aunt Crystal's nickname?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How and why was Tamir Rice killed?

3. How did Nanny discipline the boys?

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

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

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

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

8. What did Justice remember that he and Nanny used to love?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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