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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. Where did Nanny and Aunt Munch move after leaving the Big Yellow House?

2. How many books did Johnson say teachers made them read over the summer?

3. Where did Lil Rall usually work in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 12, what did Johnson use to hit a security guard in the face?

5. What was the name of Aunt Crystal's daughter who was her flower girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how did Johnson and Garrett spend their summers?

2. What was life like for Lil' Kevin?

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

4. Why did Johnson call Nanny a cool lady even as she got older?

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

6. What problems were there with Uncle Kevin's wife, Desiree, and how were they resolved?

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

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

9. What thoughts did Johnson have about healing from the abuse he suffered from Lil' Kevin?

10. How did the things Johnson did when he hit puberty change?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Johnson fondly remembers Thanksgiving dinners. How were food and Black culture interrelated? How was food “Black Joy” and a way “of showing love” (143)?

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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