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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Introduction - The Red Caboose, XI - 51).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Broome's father get laid off from in Part I?
(a) A teaching job.
(b) A fast food job.
(c) A job as a computer support professional.
(d) A steel mill.

2. How does Broome get to the nightclub he wants to go to with his friends?
(a) He walks.
(b) He takes the bus.
(c) He gets a ride from a friend.
(d) He hitchhikes.

3. How does Broome describe his childhood home in the section titled "The Red Caboose"?
(a) As a small, but clean and well-kept, home.
(b) As a shack.
(c) As a nice apartment.
(d) As a palace.

4. What word does Broome miss in the spelling bee in the section "Bee"?
(a) Habitual.
(b) Foreign.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Multiplier.

5. What sport does Broome's brother play and is skilled at?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Soccer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poem does Broome begin his book with?

2. Where did Broome used to go with his mother and his siblings at night when his father still worked?

3. What was Broome's favorite fish of the fish he got with his father?

4. What does the young boy on the bus sing over and over in Part I?

5. Where does Broome learn everything he every learned about white people?

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