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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. What does Broome's father do to Broome's mother when he catches her having an affair?
(a) Kills her.
(b) Throws her out of the house.
(c) Makes her tell the children in front of him.
(d) Beats her.

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

3. Where does Broome get the diary he uses in "Bee"?
(a) His sister.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

4. Who is the young boy's father on the bus on the phone with frequently in Part I?
(a) His friend.
(b) His own father.
(c) The boy's mother.
(d) His teacher.

5. In Part II, what does Broome say he learned as a boy detracted from his Blackness?
(a) His accent.
(b) His bookishness.
(c) His shyness.
(d) His gayness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the door person at the new bar Broome goes to in Part III ask him at the door?

2. When does Broome's father most often come to their house after the divorce in "Parental Alienation 101"?

3. What does Broome's father once do in order to avoid having Broome's mother see him in the house?

4. When does Broome leave college in Part II?

5. Early in Part IV, who does Tuan talk to on the phone on the bus?

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