View a FREE sample

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

2. Who eventually comes to pick Broome up from the club in Part I?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His brother.

3. What was Broome's favorite fish of the fish he got with his father?
(a) Angel Fish.
(b) Guppies.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Siamese FIghting Fish.

4. Where does Broome go with his new boyfriend for dinner after his humiliating experience in "The Key"?
(a) A Korean restaurant.
(b) Belly Burger.
(c) The Glitch.
(d) A dive bar.

5. What does Broome do in Part II concerning two of his friends that he later feels ashamed of?
(a) Watches them start to have sex in a car.
(b) Leaves them without a ride home.
(c) Turns them in to the police.
(d) Steals from them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broome write that Black boys do not get to enjoy for long?

2. What does Broome's new boyfriend basically make him do at the end of "The Key" that Broome dreads?

3. Who does a woman in one of the couples on the bus in Part III remind Broome of?

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

5. What does Broome's father always say a woman's role is?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 279 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample