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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. When Rasul got his first pair of Rollerblades, how many steps did he jump down?
2. What did Matt's father do for a living?
3. How old was Matt when he finally swung back at Rasul?
4. What was Aunt Crystal's nickname?
5. How many square miles is Plainfield?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Johnson learn when he traced his lineage and took a DNA test?
2. Why did Johnson and his little brother Garrett go to Nanny's after school and on weekends?
3. Who was Nanny?
4. Why were Johnson and his cousins never allowed to go outside with a toy gun?
5. In Chapter 4, how did Johnson feel about shooting a gun?
6. How did Johnson and the other boys spend their Saturdays at Nanny's?
7. Why was Nanny not arrested for punching Mrs. Todd?
8. What did Nanny do when Aunt Cynthia called her a bitch over the phone?
9. What does Johnson say about growing up with his cousins in the Author's Note?
10. What type of work did Nanny do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Johnson believed that change was “one of the only constants in life” (129). Why did Johnson believe that change was one of the only constants in life? What were the pros and cons of change?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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