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

2. What does Broome remember his own father often doing to him in childhood that hurt Broome?
(a) Tearing his books up.
(b) Denying him food.
(c) Taking him to work with him.
(d) Beating him.

3. Who is the boy Broome sees on the bus in Part I traveling with?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His cousin.

4. Whose poem does Broome begin his book with?
(a) Gwendolyn Brooks's.
(b) James Joyce's.
(c) bel hooks's.
(d) Paul Henry's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Broome do in school to try to gain friends?

3. What does the young boy's father on the bus tell him to stop doing?

4. How does Broome describe his parents' relationship in "The Red Caboose"?

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

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