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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. How does Broome afford college tuition?
(a) He wins the lottery.
(b) His mother co-signs a loan for him.
(c) His grandmother pays for it.
(d) His father leaves him money.

2. What does Broome think about love in relation to Black women in Part III?
(a) For Black women, love is often hard to find.
(b) Love comes easily in regard to their children.
(c) They are universally loved.
(d) They often wish to have had closer, more loving relationships with their siblings.

3. What basketball reference does Broome make to his new boyfriend in "The Key"?
(a) To a famous player.
(b) To an area of the court called the key.
(c) To a type of shot he says he likes.
(d) To a type of shoes he says he likes.

4. Why does Broome get to stay up so late in "A House is Not a Home"?
(a) He is cooking for his parents.
(b) He has to work.
(c) His mother lets him watch Saturday Night Live.
(d) He is studying.

5. What does the young boy on the bus sing over and over in Part I?
(a) A popular Broadway show tune.
(b) A song he makes up on the spot.
(c) One Night Only.
(d) The alphabet song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boy Broome sees on his bus ride in Part I?

2. What kind of shoes does Broome tell his prospective partner for the night he is wearing in the section "Like This"?

3. Where is Broome's town's hottest dance spot for youth?

4. In "Game Theory," what does Broome's girlfriend ask him to take off during sex?

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

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