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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Broome's mother move right after graduating from high school?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Dayton.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

3. What did Broome's mother's mother work at during her childhood?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Cleaning for white people.
(d) Legal clerking.

4. What does the man Broome goes home with in "Like This" ask him right before he leaves?
(a) How can Broome be so angry like this?
(b) How can Broome style his hair like this?
(c) How can Broome be "like this?"
(d) How can Broome live on so little money?

5. Where does Broome's mother grow up as a child?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Texas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Alabama.

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

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

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

9. Who narrates the section "Let the church Say 'Amen'"?
(a) Broome's father.
(b) Broome's brother.
(c) Broome's mother.
(d) Broome's cousin.

10. Who is supposed to meet Tuan and his father downtown after the end of a shift at work?
(a) Tuan's mother.
(b) Tuan's school friend.
(c) Tuan's uncle.
(d) Tuan's father's best friend.

11. What is unique about Betrand?
(a) He is a professional musician.
(b) He speaks four languages.
(c) He has a prosthetic leg.
(d) He is an Olympian.

12. How does Broome's mother feel when she is at home?
(a) Not as if she is at home.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Very comfortable and safe.
(d) As if she is a slave.

13. Which friends did Broome's mother move with after graduating from high school?
(a) Ida and Gracie.
(b) Jane and Ida.
(c) Helen and Hattie.
(d) Gracie and Jane.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broome think cut his father off from everything good in his father's life?

2. Who does Tuan try to engage early in Part III who is having none of it?

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

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

5. What kind of shoes does Broome tell his prospective partner for the night he is wearing in the section "Like This"?

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