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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Broome humiliated in front of his new boyfriend in "The Key"?
(a) He has to admit he has no money.
(b) He plays basketball terribly.
(c) He eats too much.
(d) He runs into his mother, who berates him in front of the boyfriend.

2. What does Broome's mother buy one day at the Miracle Mart that goes missing a short while later?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) A book for herself.
(c) A lamp.
(d) Candy.

3. What does Broome's father do to Broome's mother when he catches her having an affair?
(a) Kills her.
(b) Beats her.
(c) Throws her out of the house.
(d) Makes her tell the children in front of him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does the door person at the new bar Broome goes to in Part III ask him at the door?
(a) Whether he is a stud or a fish.
(b) Whether he has the fee to get in.
(c) Whether he has a girlfriend.
(d) Whether he is really gay.

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

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

15. What does Broome's father not like his mother doing in "Let the Church Say 'Amen'"?
(a) Going to church.
(b) Buying food.
(c) Working on her sewing.
(d) Going out to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Broome leave his encounter early with the man he goes home with in Part III?

2. What does the man Broome goes home with in "Like This" ask him right before he leaves?

3. Who does Broome's mother make friends with in her early days living with Broome's father?

4. Where does Broome's mother grow up as a child?

5. What does Broome think about love in relation to Black women in Part III?

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