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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. For what food dish was Nanny famous?

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

3. In Chapter 11, when was Johnson transitioning to adolescence?

4. How much an hour did Nanny pay Johnson to be her flea market partner?

5. How old was Johnson when he, Kevin, and the other boys went to Skate 22 in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life like for Lil' Kevin?

2. What did puberty mean for Lil' Rall, Rasul, and Lil' Kevin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was the menu for Thanksgiving dinner?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Nanny took on a caregiving role for her grandsons. Why did Nanny take on a caregiving role for her grandsons? What type of relationship did the boys have with her? How was the relationship they had pivotal in the boys’ lives?

Essay Topic 3

Mood is an element that evokes feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a narrative. What is the overall mood of We Are Not Broken?

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