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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first man Broome's mother became involved with after moving to the big city after high school?
(a) Jermone Karnis.
(b) Michael Smith.
(c) William Davis.
(d) Jon Henderson.

2. Which aunt of Broome's mother helps Broome's mother help her?
(a) Aunt Mary Emma.
(b) Aunt Helen.
(c) Aunt Roberta.
(d) Aunt Stella.

3. Who does Broome's mother invite over to the house in "A House is Not a Home"?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Her own mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Neighbors and friends.

4. When did Broome frequent The Holiday?
(a) The seventies.
(b) The early 2000s.
(c) The nineties.
(d) The eighties.

5. Where do the lovers from the bus in Part III get off the bus?
(a) Ridgeland.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Highland.
(d) Bessington.

6. What does Broome do in a desperate attempt to contact the man he likes in the end of "Look Left, Look Right"?
(a) Approaches him belligerently at a bar.
(b) Breaks into his apartment.
(c) Waits outside his sister's house.
(d) Waits outside his work.

7. Why does Broome's mother return back to the city not long after moving there after high school?
(a) She is broke.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She wants to go to college in the city she grew up in.
(d) She is pregnant.

8. What does Broome's father do to Broome's mother when he catches her having an affair?
(a) Throws her out of the house.
(b) Makes her tell the children in front of him.
(c) Kills her.
(d) Beats her.

9. Who does Tuan's father repeatedly talk to on the phone in Part III?
(a) His own father.
(b) Tuan's sister.
(c) His own mother.
(d) Tuan's mother.

10. What does the door person at the new bar Broome goes to in Part III ask him at the door?
(a) Whether he has the fee to get in.
(b) Whether he has a girlfriend.
(c) Whether he is really gay.
(d) Whether he is a stud or a fish.

11. What phrase does Broome's father keep repeating to Broome's mother when he finds out about her affair?
(a) You are a slut.
(b) You're dead.
(c) I will kill you.
(d) I caught you.

12. What does Tuan do immediately when his father asks him to stop crying in Part III?
(a) Throws a tantrum.
(b) Immediately stops crying.
(c) Cries harder.
(d) Jumps off the bus.

13. Who is smitten with Broome because he thinks Broome plays basketball?
(a) Finklestein.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Bertrand.
(d) Randy.

14. Why is Broome so upset at what his mother says about the singer she once liked in Part IV?
(a) She says the singer reminds her of Broome.
(b) She says Broome should be a singer too.
(c) She calls him a "sissy" very disdainfully, and Broome knows some people think he is a sissy, too.
(d) She says she wants to divorce Broome's father because of the singer.

15. Who does Broome go home with in the section "Like This"?
(a) Henry.
(b) Jason.
(c) Allen.
(d) Jon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man Broome goes home with in "Like This" ask him right before he leaves?

2. What does Broome's mother like to hear him do in "Let the Church Say 'Amen'"?

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

4. What does Broome sometimes do for money in "Look Left, Look Right"?

5. What does Broome's mother remember her own mother doing nearly every day?

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