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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Carnival - Tabula Rasa, Pages 197 - 250).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Broome wears the item he desperately wants in "Carnival"?
(a) His brother beats him.
(b) He gets ridiculed.
(c) His father beats him.
(d) He gets sent home from school.

2. Which friends did Broome's mother move with after graduating from high school?
(a) Jane and Ida.
(b) Ida and Gracie.
(c) Gracie and Jane.
(d) Helen and Hattie.

3. Why does Broome's mother return back to the city not long after moving there after high school?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She wants to go to college in the city she grew up in.
(d) She is broke.

4. How does Broome remember his mother's way of affording clothes for the family as a child?
(a) Fast-talking the layaway lady.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Clipping coupons.
(d) Only going shopping when there were sales.

5. Why is Broome so upset at what his mother says about the singer she once liked in Part IV?
(a) She calls him a "sissy" very disdainfully, and Broome knows some people think he is a sissy, too.
(b) She says Broome should be a singer too.
(c) She says she wants to divorce Broome's father because of the singer.
(d) She says the singer reminds her of Broome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the center of life in Broome's house during the time period he examines in "Bee"?

2. What happens to Broome's sister's diary after their house is destroyed?

3. What does Broome's friend make him do in Part I in front of other boys?

4. What does Broome sometimes do for money in "Look Left, Look Right"?

5. Who gets beaten up on a bus that Broome recalls in Part II from his past?

(see the answer key)

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