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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is wrong with the apartment of the man Broome goes home with in Part III?
(a) It is not really the man's apartment.
(b) The door does not open.
(c) It smells like chemicals.
(d) It is filthy.

3. How does Broome remember the white boys treating him at school as a child?
(a) They invited him to parties.
(b) They only liked him for how well he played sports.
(c) They generally ignored him.
(d) They constantly ridiculed him.

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

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

6. What does Broome's new boyfriend basically make him do at the end of "The Key" that Broome dreads?
(a) Cook.
(b) Play basketball in front of him.
(c) Sing for him.
(d) Dance.

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

8. 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 uncle.
(c) Tuan's father's best friend.
(d) Tuan's school friend.

9. What word does the man Broome goes home with chant to himself repeatedly before Broome leaves in "Like This"?
(a) Help.
(b) Queer.
(c) Faggot.
(d) Terror.

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

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

12. 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?
(a) It signalled weakness to white people.
(b) It was only done by wealthier Black people.
(c) It was looked down upon.
(d) It was never, ever done.

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

14. 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) What he does for a living.
(c) Where he is from.
(d) What languages he speaks.

15. Who does Broome write that he has laid his problems too often at the feet of?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His best friends.
(d) Black women.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Broome frequent The Holiday?

2. Where does Broome go for the first time early in Part II where he can tell he is not welcome?

3. Which aunt of Broome's mother helps Broome's mother help her?

4. Early in Part IV, who does Tuan talk to on the phone on the bus?

5. Where does Broome's mother move right after graduating from high school?

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