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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. Why does Broome get to stay up so late in "A House is Not a Home"?
(a) His mother lets him watch Saturday Night Live.
(b) He is studying.
(c) He has to work.
(d) He is cooking for his parents.

2. Who does a woman in one of the couples on the bus in Part III remind Broome of?
(a) His sister.
(b) Denise.
(c) His mother.
(d) Annette.

3. What kind of shoes does Broome tell his prospective partner for the night he is wearing in the section "Like This"?
(a) Florsheim.
(b) Nike.
(c) Windroms.
(d) Skechers.

4. What does Broome really like about having a girlfriend?
(a) How they cook together.
(b) The social acceptance he feels.
(c) How they study together.
(d) How she helps him with fashion.

5. Why does Broome's mother's family urge her to get married in "Let the Church Say 'Amen'"?
(a) A good man wants to marry her.
(b) She will be able to go back to school if she gets married.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She can start her own business if she gets married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Broome point-blank in school if he is a "faggot"?

2. Why does Broome's mother return back to the city not long after moving there after high school?

3. What did Broome's mother's mother work at during her childhood?

4. What does Broome's mother like to hear him do in "Let the Church Say 'Amen'"?

5. In Part II, what does Broome say he learned as a boy detracted from his Blackness?

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