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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (A House is Not a Home - The Initiation of Tuan, Pages 149 - 196).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Broome's roommates in "The Rent" ask him for a meeting?
(a) They confront him about his cooking habits.
(b) They confront him about missing rent payments.
(c) They confront him about being gay.
(d) They confront him about lying about his name.

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

3. What kind of pressure does Broome's new boyfriend say he knows exists for Broome in America?
(a) Pressure from politics.
(b) Pressure from racism.
(c) Pressure from poverty.
(d) Pressure from homophobia.

4. What was The Holiday situated between in the section "This Gay Life"?
(a) Two car washes.
(b) Two college campuses.
(c) A laundromat and a video store.
(d) Two libraries.

5. Who does Broome go to one of his first gay socializing establishments with in Part II?
(a) Corey.
(b) His brother.
(c) Jeremy and Tate.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tuan try to engage early in Part III who is having none of it?

2. Who is the young boy's father on the bus on the phone with frequently in Part I?

3. Who does Broome's mother invite over to the house in "A House is Not a Home"?

4. Where did Broome's father get laid off from in Part I?

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

(see the answer key)

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