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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (The Initiation of Tuan - Sandalwood, Pages 50 - 101).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Broome's father often do after he splits from Broome's mother?
(a) Come to their house to steal food.
(b) Take a lot of drugs.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Read books about salvation.

2. What happens to Broome's relationship with his father after their house is destroyed?
(a) He does not see his father much after that.
(b) His father dies very shortly afterwards.
(c) His father at least tries to be present afterwards.
(d) They become much closer.

3. Where does Broome learn everything he every learned about white people?
(a) From television.
(b) From his mother.
(c) From school.
(d) At college.

4. Why does Broome leave his rented accomodation in Part II?
(a) He can not afford it.
(b) He needs to leave college because of an illness.
(c) He decides to leave college because he misses home.
(d) His roommates confront him about being gay.

5. What does Broome do in Part II concerning two of his friends that he later feels ashamed of?
(a) Turns them in to the police.
(b) Watches them start to have sex in a car.
(c) Leaves them without a ride home.
(d) Steals from them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broome write that Black boys do not get to enjoy for long?

2. What does Broome imagine about Tuan in Part II?

3. Who eventually comes to pick Broome up from the club in Part I?

4. In "Bee," how does Broome describe his relationship with his siblings?

5. What word does Broome miss in the spelling bee in the section "Bee"?

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