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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) Engage in prostitution.
(d) Sell drugs.

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

3. What does Broome's mother say she regrets doing in Part IV?
(a) Eating too much.
(b) Yelling at her cousin.
(c) Quitting her job.
(d) Having an affair.

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

5. Why does Broome's mother's family urge her to get married in "Let the Church Say 'Amen'"?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) A good man wants to marry her.
(c) She will be able to go back to school if she gets married.
(d) She can start her own business if she gets married.

6. 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 Broome should be a singer too.
(d) She says she wants to divorce Broome's father because of the singer.

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

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

9. What did Broome's mother always want to be?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A nurse.

10. 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.

11. How does Broome remember the Black boys at school treating him?
(a) They liked him and often invited him out.
(b) They ignored him.
(c) They only liked him for how well he played sports.
(d) They hated him.

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

13. What basketball reference does Broome make to his new boyfriend in "The Key"?
(a) To a famous player.
(b) To a type of shoes he says he likes.
(c) To an area of the court called the key.
(d) To a type of shot he says he likes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broome's mother buy one day at the Miracle Mart that goes missing a short while later?

2. What is a major characteristic Broome's mother recalls about her own father?

3. Where do the lovers from the bus in Part III get off the bus?

4. Why does Broome's mother return back to the city not long after moving there after high school?

5. How does Broome's mother feel when she is at home?

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