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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Broome sometimes do for money in "Look Left, Look Right"?
(a) Sell blood.
(b) Act as a model for medical students to practice prostate exams on.
(c) Sell drugs.
(d) Engage in prostitution.

2. What was The Holiday situated between in the section "This Gay Life"?
(a) A laundromat and a video store.
(b) Two libraries.
(c) Two car washes.
(d) Two college campuses.

3. What kind of shoes does Broome tell his prospective partner for the night he is wearing in the section "Like This"?
(a) Florsheim.
(b) Nike.
(c) Skechers.
(d) Windroms.

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

5. What does Broome say no one can escape in "This Gay Life"?
(a) The ravages of age.
(b) Fate.
(c) Being abandoned by friends.
(d) The scars of one's family.

6. Where do a lot of white people get on the bus in Part III that Broome notices?
(a) Leeksville.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Squirrel Hill.
(d) The Bar Quarter.

7. Early in Part IV, who does Tuan talk to on the phone on the bus?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sibling.

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

9. Why is Broome's mother disappointed with the singer she hears on television in Part IV?
(a) He curses.
(b) He looks less attractive and more effeminate than she expected.
(c) He sings badly.
(d) He does not show up to perform.

10. What does Broome promise himself he will never be to his mother?
(a) A sounding board.
(b) A crutch.
(c) A disappoinment.
(d) A friend.

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

12. What does Broome's mother remember her own mother doing nearly every day?
(a) Washing the car.
(b) Making food for neighbors.
(c) Getting drunk.
(d) Singing.

13. 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 calls him a "sissy" very disdainfully, and Broome knows some people think he is a sissy, too.
(c) She says she wants to divorce Broome's father because of the singer.
(d) She says Broome should be a singer too.

14. What does Broome prefer to drink at bars that seems to turn some people off?
(a) Gin and tonics.
(b) Jack Daniel's.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broome remember his mother telling him about the dangers of a Black parent showing affection to a child in the Jim Crow south?

2. What is one reason Broome wants to buy drugs so badly in "Look Left, Look Right"?

3. What did Broome's mother's mother work at during her childhood?

4. Who narrates the section "Let the church Say 'Amen'"?

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

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