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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 Garrett when Johnson, Kevin, and the other boys went to Skate 22 and he had to stay home in Chapter 12?

2. How far from the amusement park, Bowcraft, was Johnson's house?

3. What did Garrett make for Thanksgiving the year Nanny could not cook?

4. In Chapter 10, what work was Uncle Kevin doing?

5. About how long was the plot of land in Chapter 8, where Nanny planted a garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nanny teach everyone to cook?

2. Why did Lil' Rall, Rasul, and Lil' Kevin carry box cutters around?

3. What was the menu for Thanksgiving dinner?

4. Why did Nanny have Lil' Kevin come to live with her?

5. How does Johnson remember spending summers?

6. Why did Uncle have Lil' Rall and Rasul leave the Big Yellow House?

7. What did Lil Rall and Rasul want to do the summer Lil' Kevin came to stay in Plainfield?

8. What was the last Thanksgiving like with Nanny, and when did she pass away?

9. Why did Johnson have to get stitches in Chapter 7?

10. In Johnson's letter to Nanny, what are some things he remembers doing with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nanny used corporal punishment to discipline her grandsons. How did Nanny use corporal punishment? Why did Johnson believe punishment should not be the "primary form of 'justice' for bad choices" (47)?

Essay Topic 2

Johnson decided to write the book a few days before his grandmother died. What was Johnson’s process of writing? Why did he write the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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