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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. How does Broome describe his parents' relationship in "The Red Caboose"?
(a) As having its ups and downs.
(b) As loving.
(c) As distant.
(d) As endlessly angry.

2. Why does Broome have to sneak in to the school movie in the section "Bee"?
(a) He does not have enough money for the movie.
(b) He knows his parents will not approve of the movie.
(c) He is afraid of a bully in the audience.
(d) He wants to act like he does not really want to see the movie.

3. What does Broome write that Black boys do not get to enjoy for long?
(a) Having enough to eat.
(b) School.
(c) Boyhood.
(d) Swimming.

4. In "Bee," what does Broome think about white kids dating Black kids?
(a) He does not really have an opinion about it.
(b) He thinks it is fine, but he knows his grandmother disapproves.
(c) He thinks it is fine.
(d) He does not think it is what God intended.

5. Where is Broome's town's hottest dance spot for youth?
(a) The Holder Place.
(b) The Red Caboose.
(c) The Club.
(d) The Blurry Bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broome remember his own father often doing to him in childhood that hurt Broome?

2. What sport does Broome's brother play and is skilled at?

3. Which teacher does Broome have the most troubled relationship with?

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

5. Whose poem does Broome begin his book with?

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