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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 long does Johnson remember that Thanksgiving dinners lasted in Chapter 9?

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

3. In Chapter 12, who dropped off Johnson, Kevin, and the other boys at Skate 22?

4. What last holiday was Nanny able to spend with the family although she was not really mobile or able to speak?

5. What did Garrett do for a living when he grew up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Johnson remember spending summers?

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

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

6. Why did Kevin come to live in Plainfield in 1996?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nanny often said that if you put trash on the curb, you did not go back out and bring it inside again. What did Nanny mean by that Nannyism? What did the statement she made communicate about relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Lil’ Kevin sexually abused Johnson. How did Lil’ Kevin use his influence and power to abuse Johnson? How and why did these encounters affect Johnson’s experiences with puberty and how he viewed the world?

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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