Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What does Mira’s grandmother attempt to give her when she is five years old?

A) Makeup

B) A beauty magazine

C) Skin lightening cream

D) Tanning lotion

2. Why does Z originally begin asking questions about his race?

A) He becomes interested in genetics.

B) His grandparents disapprove of his white friend.

C) He doesn’t understand why he looks different from his father.

D) 'He becomes obsessed with Michael Jackson.

3. Who are the winners of the two presidential elections featured in Mira’s memoir?

A) Obama and Trump

B) Trump and Biden

C) Bush, Jr. and Obama

D) Clinton and Bush, Jr.

4. What is the epiphany that Mira and her father share?

A) Race is not a reason to judge someone.

B) Life is short.

C) Mira’s father will never know her children.

D) Mira should marry whomever she chooses.

5. What does the night sky used repeatedly throughout the memoir symbolize?

A) Eternity

B) Love

C) Mystery

D) Unity

6. Which is the best word to describe Mira’s son, Z?

A) Quiet

B) Curious

C) Adventurous

D) Energetic

7. How does Jed’s mother react to hearing that two of her party guests were racist toward Mira?

A) She feels bad at first but shrugs it off soon.

B) She denies everything and stops speaking to Mira.

C) She denies it at first but soon admits it and feels guilty.

D) She confronts the party guests.

8. What is the primary motivation for Mira writing her memoir?