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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (A House is Not a Home - The Initiation of Tuan, Pages 149 - 196).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Broome's mother feel when she is at home?
(a) As if she is a slave.
(b) Not as if she is at home.
(c) Very comfortable and safe.
(d) Afraid.

2. What painful childhood memory does Broome recall about a girl in a diner in Part II?
(a) That a girl in a diner threw her food at him.
(b) That a girl in a diner called him gay.
(c) That a girl in a diner called him ugly to his face.
(d) That a girl in a diner threw up on him.

3. When does Broome's father most often come to their house after the divorce in "Parental Alienation 101"?
(a) When his mother is out.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) Never.
(d) During school hours.

4. Who gets beaten up on a bus that Broome recalls in Part II from his past?
(a) Joven.
(b) Broome himself.
(c) Broome's father.
(d) Broome's sister.

5. Where does Broome's new boyfriend ask him to meet him for a date outside in "The Key"?
(a) The East Quarter.
(b) Squirrel Hill.
(c) Market Street.
(d) The Bog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do a lot of white people get on the bus in Part III that Broome notices?

2. What does the door person at the new bar Broome goes to in Part III ask him at the door?

3. What phrase does Broome's father keep repeating to Broome's mother when he finds out about her affair?

4. What does Broome's mother buy one day at the Miracle Mart that goes missing a short while later?

5. What song does Broome's mother sing to try to cheer him up in Part II?

(see the answer key)

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