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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Broome's father always say a woman's role is?
(a) To look athletic.
(b) To work.
(c) To go to church.
(d) To obey her man.

2. What does Broome's father often do after he splits from Broome's mother?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Come to their house to steal food.
(c) Read books about salvation.
(d) Take a lot of drugs.

3. Who does Broome meet at his first pride parade who becomes a long-term friend?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Helen.
(c) Annette.
(d) Gary.

4. What does the young boy's father on the bus tell him to stop doing?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Eating.
(c) Talking to strangers.
(d) Crying.

5. Where did Broome's father get laid off from in Part I?
(a) A fast food job.
(b) A steel mill.
(c) A job as a computer support professional.
(d) A teaching job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Broome leave his rented accomodation in Part II?

2. What does Broome imagine about Tuan in Part II?

3. What does Broome write that Black boys do not get to enjoy for long?

4. How does Broome's father refer to his mother in "Parental Alienation 101"?

5. Who is Broome's good platonic friend in "Sandalwood"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Corey tell Broome about what Black boys must do in the section "Colder"?

2. What happens with Broome's encounter with the girl he is supposed to have sex with in "Colder"?

3. What does Broome think will happen to his father after the fire?

4. How does Broome initially feel about the fire that destroys his family's house?

5. What does Broome do in the section "Sandalwood" that he is ashamed of?

6. How does the fire that burns Broome's house down start?

7. In "The Rent," who helps comfort Broome after his disaster at his rental house and what does this person do?

8. What does Mr. Nye do to Broome in secret in the section "Bee" and how does Broome react?

9. What does Broome's father do after his mother separates from her?

10. What does Broome's mother tell him after the incident at the Red Caboose?

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