#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define eb emplace_back
#define pb push_back
#define INF LLONG_MAX
#define FLT_INF pow(10.0, 16)

using ll = long long;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using int2 = pair<ll, ll>;
using int3 = tuple<ll, ll, ll>;

template <typename A>
string to_string(const A &v);
string to_string(const string &s) { return '"' + s + '"'; }
string to_string(const char *s) { return to_string((string)s); }
string to_string(char c) { return string(1, c); }
string to_string(bool b) { return (b ? "true" : "false"); }

template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(const pair<A, B> &p)
{
  return "(" + to_string(p.first) + ", " + to_string(p.second) + ")";
}

template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
string to_string(const tuple<A, B, C> &p)
{
  return "(" + to_string(std::get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(std::get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(std::get<2>(p)) + ")";
}

template <typename A>
string to_string(const A &v)
{
  bool first = true;
  string res = "{";
  for (const auto &x : v)
  {
    if (!first)
    {
      res += ", ";
    }
    first = false;
    res += to_string(x);
  }
  res += "}";
  return res;
}

template <typename T>
void sort(vector<T> &val)
{
  sort(val.begin(), val.end());
}

template <typename T>
void reverse(vector<T> &val)
{
  reverse(val.begin(), val.end());
}

template <typename T>
void sort_b(vector<T> &val)
{
  sort(val.begin(), val.end(), greater<T>());
}

template <typename T>
T pair_sum(pair<T, T> &val)
{
  return val.first + val.second;
}

template <typename T>
T min(T a, T b, T c)
{
  return min(min(a, b), c);
}

template <typename T>
T max(T a, T b, T c)
{
  return max(max(a, b), c);
}

template <typename T>
T mul_mod(T a, T b, T mod)
{
  T res = 0;
  a %= mod;
  while (b)
  {
    if (b & 1)
    {
      res = (res + a) % mod;
    }
    a = (2 * a) % mod;
    b >>= 1;
  }
  return res;
}

template <typename T>
T fac_mod(T v, T mod)
{
  ll res = 1;
  for (ll i = 1; i <= v; i++)
  {
    res *= i;
    res = res % mod;
  }
  return res;
}

template <typename T>
T pow_mod(T v, T p, T mod)
{
  if (p == 1)
    return v;

  if (p % 2 == 0)
  {
    T t = pow_mod(v, p / 2, mod);
    return (t * t) % mod;
  }
  else
  {
    return (v * pow_mod(v, p - 1, mod)) % mod;
  }
}
void debug_out() { cerr << endl; }

template <typename Head, typename... Tail>
void debug_out(Head H, Tail... T)
{
  cerr << " " << to_string(H);
  debug_out(T...);
}

#ifdef LOCAL
#define debug(...) cerr << "[" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]:", debug_out(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define debug(...) ;
#endif

#define COMMON_MOD static_cast<ll>(pow(10, 9) + 7)
#define PI 3.14159265

// sort(a.begin(), a.end(), less<ll>()); greater<ll>()
// cout<<fixed<<setprecision(20)<<(s/kl)*2;
/* printf("%lld %lld \n", cur_n, m / 2 + 1);
sort(a.begin(), a.end(), [ ](ll& lhs, ll& rhs) {return abs(lhs) < abs(rhs);});
*/

class mytask
{
public:
  mytask() {}

  int solve()
  {
    ll t;
    cin >> t;
    while (t--)
    {
      ll n;
      cin >> n;
      ll res = 0;
      while (n > 1)
      {
        if (n == 2)
        {
          n--;
        }
        else if (n % 2 == 1)
        {
          n--;
        }
        else
        {
          n = 2;
        }
        res++;
      }
      cout << res << "\n";
    }
    return 0;
  }
};

int main()
{

  auto task = mytask();
  task.solve();

  return 0;
}
