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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 is Broome's mother disappointed with the singer she hears on television in Part IV?
(a) He looks less attractive and more effeminate than she expected.
(b) He curses.
(c) He does not show up to perform.
(d) He sings badly.

2. Who does a woman in one of the couples on the bus in Part III remind Broome of?
(a) Annette.
(b) His mother.
(c) Denise.
(d) His sister.

3. What actually happens to Broome's family after their house is destroyed?
(a) They live with his grandmother.
(b) They move back in with Broome's father.
(c) They briefly live with his aunt.
(d) They become homeless.

4. In "Bee," how does Broome describe his relationship with his siblings?
(a) They are not friends any longer.
(b) He is friends with his brother, but not his sister.
(c) They are great friends.
(d) He does not have any siblings.

5. Who asks Broome point-blank in school if he is a "faggot"?
(a) Glenn.
(b) His brother.
(c) Corey.
(d) Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What painful childhood memory does Broome recall about a girl in a diner in Part II?

2. What basketball reference does Broome make to his new boyfriend in "The Key"?

3. When does Broome leave college in Part II?

4. Whose poem does Broome begin his book with?

5. Where does Broome learn everything he every learned about white people?

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