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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Broome's relationship with his father after their house is destroyed?
(a) His father dies very shortly afterwards.
(b) He does not see his father much after that.
(c) They become much closer.
(d) His father at least tries to be present afterwards.

3. What painful childhood memory does Broome recall about a girl in a diner in Part II?
(a) That a girl in a diner threw up on him.
(b) That a girl in a diner threw her food at him.
(c) That a girl in a diner called him gay.
(d) That a girl in a diner called him ugly to his face.

4. Where does Broome learn everything he every learned about white people?
(a) From school.
(b) From television.
(c) At college.
(d) From his mother.

5. Who is Michael attracted to in "Sandalwood"?
(a) Greg.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Henry.
(d) Phil.

6. What does Broome's father always say a woman's role is?
(a) To work.
(b) To look athletic.
(c) To go to church.
(d) To obey her man.

7. How does Broome describe his parents' relationship in "The Red Caboose"?
(a) As distant.
(b) As having its ups and downs.
(c) As loving.
(d) As endlessly angry.

8. Why do Broome's roommates in "The Rent" ask him for a meeting?
(a) They confront him about missing rent payments.
(b) They confront him about his cooking habits.
(c) They confront him about lying about his name.
(d) They confront him about being gay.

9. What does Broome's father once do in order to avoid having Broome's mother see him in the house?
(a) Hides under the bed.
(b) Jumps out the window.
(c) Throws a blanket over himself.
(d) Hides in the closet.

10. Why does Broome have to sneak in to the school movie in the section "Bee"?
(a) He is afraid of a bully in the audience.
(b) He knows his parents will not approve of the movie.
(c) He does not have enough money for the movie.
(d) He wants to act like he does not really want to see the movie.

11. What year was Broome in sixth grade?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1979.

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

13. What does Broome's father often do after he splits from Broome's mother?
(a) Come to their house to steal food.
(b) Take a lot of drugs.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Read books about salvation.

14. In Part II, why does Broome think his mother separates from his father?
(a) So she can move out of state.
(b) To save both herself and Broome.
(c) So she can get another job.
(d) To get remarried.

15. Who is the boy Broome sees on the bus in Part I traveling with?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Broome's co-worker in Part II that provides emotional support for him?

2. Who eventually comes to pick Broome up from the club in Part I?

3. What was the center of life in Broome's house during the time period he examines in "Bee"?

4. Where does Broome go to college?

5. What does the young boy's father on the bus tell him to stop doing?

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