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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 tall was Nanny?

2. When Johnson and Aunt Munch took the 23andMe test, what percent Indigenous DNA matches did they have?

3. When Johnson remembered a trip he took with Solidene and another family member, how long does he remember waiting in the car for Solidene?

4. In Chapter 4, what did Johnson shoot at?

5. When Rasul got his first pair of Rollerblades, how many steps did he jump down?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Nanny?

2. Why did Johnson and his little brother Garrett go to Nanny's after school and on weekends?

3. What did a girl accuse Rasul of doing at a baseball practice in 1987?

4. What was Nanny's Big Yellow House like?

5. How and why was Tamir Rice killed?

6. Who was Emmett Till?

7. What does Johnson say about growing up with his cousins in the Author's Note?

8. What does Johnson say in the Author's Note about how Black boys are viewed?

9. How are barbershops a staple of the Black community?

10. In 1987, why did Nanny punch a woman named Mrs. Todd?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Nanny had a strong faith in God. How did Nanny’s faith affect her life and how she lived? How did she pass her faith down to her grandchildren?

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