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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Broome's boyfriend say he does not want to talk about when Broome asks him in "The Key"?
(a) What sports teams he likes.
(b) Where he is from.
(c) What languages he speaks.
(d) What he does for a living.

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

3. 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.

4. What does Broome really like about having a girlfriend?
(a) The social acceptance he feels.
(b) How she helps him with fashion.
(c) How they cook together.
(d) How they study together.

5. What kind of pressure does Broome's new boyfriend say he knows exists for Broome in America?
(a) Pressure from homophobia.
(b) Pressure from politics.
(c) Pressure from racism.
(d) Pressure from poverty.

6. What does Broome's mother like to hear him do in "Let the Church Say 'Amen'"?
(a) Read aloud.
(b) Play guitar.
(c) Sing.
(d) Praise her.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who asks Broome point-blank in school if he is a "faggot"?
(a) Will.
(b) His brother.
(c) Corey.
(d) Glenn.

13. What is one reason Broome wants to buy drugs so badly in "Look Left, Look Right"?
(a) He can use the drugs as rent.
(b) He can sell the drugs at a profit.
(c) He can give the drugs to his mother.
(d) He has an excuse to contact the man he is interested in.

14. What is a major characteristic Broome's mother recalls about her own father?
(a) His generosity.
(b) His great sense of humor.
(c) His stinginess.
(d) His kindness.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broome remember his father always wanting Broome to do more of as a child?

2. Who is supposed to meet Tuan and his father downtown after the end of a shift at work?

3. What term does Broome's mother use to refer to the house her father gave her and her husband to live in?

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

5. Who does Broome go home with in the section "Like This"?

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