Bad+Boy+A+Memoir

Question #1 What city and time period did Myers grow up in and during? Answer #1 Myers grew up in Harlem during the '40s and '50s.

Question #2 What type of impediment did Myers have as a child? Answer #2 Myers had a speech impediment.

Question #3 What high school did Myers drop in and out of as a high school student? pg101 Answer #3 Stuyvestant.

Question #4 What was Myers' definition of a black male while growing up? pg177 Answer #4 His definition of a black man was, "except for the rare exception, a man without an exceptional career, and a man who had to define his maleness by how muscular he was."

Question #5 How did Meyers bring home his books from the library? Answer#5 He would put them in a paper bag to hide them from bullies.

Question # 6 When did Meyers realize he had a speech impediment? Answer #6 The second grade because bullies began making fun of him.

Question #7 Who was the class bully that Meyers hit? Answer #7 Manuel Bonilla

Question #8 What was Meyers first supply of reading materials? pg24 Answer #8 Meyers would take his neighbor's comics when he would throw them away.

Question # 9 Why would Meyer hide his love for reading writing and dancing? pg 53 Answer #9 He felt that boys should act a certain way and they did not included liking those things.

Question #10 Why did Meyer like books so much? pg 52 Answer #10 Books filled the voids that Meyer felt were present in his life.

Question #11 What two main things did Mr.Lasher do to help Meyer during sixth grade? Pg59 Answer #11 Mr.Lasher took Meyer out of class once a week to work on his speech impediment. Also Mr. Lasher told Meyer that his reading skills and test scores meant that he was special.

Question #12 What event happened on the night of Meyer's 12th Birthday? pg70 Answer #12 Meyer's Uncle Lee was killed when he was robbed and beaten in an ally.