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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 12, who dropped off Johnson, Kevin, and the other boys at Skate 22?

2. In Chapter 8, what side business did Uncle have?

3. In Chapter 7, how many times could Lil Rall and Rasul skip a rock before it sank?

4. Where did Uncle Kevin move to in Chapter 8?

5. For how many weeks of the summer would Johnson and Garrett rotate between summer camp in the mornings and Nanny's in the afternoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nanny teach everyone to cook?

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

3. What time did the family try to start Thanksgiving dinner, and when would they usually start eating?

4. What was the menu for Thanksgiving dinner?

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

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

7. What did Johnson relate about Lil' Kevin and abuse?

8. In Garrett's letter to Nanny, what occasion did he remember when she was especially proud of him?

9. What was life like for Lil' Kevin?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in We Are Not Broken? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Johnson uses help readers’ understanding of individuals, events, or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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