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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Carnival - Tabula Rasa, Pages 197 - 250).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Broome's mother give the children money for when she shops?
(a) Skateboards.
(b) Concessions.
(c) Movies.
(d) Books.

2. What does Broome's mother say she will know Broome will never do?
(a) Disappoint her.
(b) Leave her.
(c) Make her happy.
(d) Become independent.

3. Where does Broome go for the first time early in Part II where he can tell he is not welcome?
(a) The Rig.
(b) Pressley's.
(c) Barley's.
(d) The Hotel.

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

5. What sport does Broome recall his father playing often in Part III?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Lacrosse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broome promise himself he will never be to his mother?

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

3. In "Gravel," what does a white driver assume Broome and Annette are doing to their white friends?

4. Who does Broome meet at his first pride parade who becomes a long-term friend?

5. What do most people call Broome's father at the time his parents marry?

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