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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 was the center of life in Broome's house during the time period he examines in "Bee"?
(a) The television.
(b) The bookshelves.
(c) The stove.
(d) The record player.

2. What does Broome do in school to try to gain friends?
(a) Give food away.
(b) Dance.
(c) Steal.
(d) Do people's homework for them.

3. What word does Broome miss in the spelling bee in the section "Bee"?
(a) Multiplier.
(b) Habitual.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Foreign.

4. Where did Broome used to go with his mother and his siblings at night when his father still worked?
(a) To Burger King.
(b) To a big-box store.
(c) To Church.
(d) To pick up his father from the steel mill.

5. Who is the first person Broome remembers having a crush on?
(a) Corey.
(b) James.
(c) Alex.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Broome go to college?

2. What sport does Broome's brother play and is skilled at?

3. Who is the young boy's father on the bus on the phone with frequently in Part I?

4. What happens to Broome's sister's diary after their house is destroyed?

5. What drug does Broome start taking regularly in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Rent," what do Broome's roommates at college confront him about?

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

3. Why does Corey want Broome to have sex with a girl in front of other boys in the section "Colder"?

4. In "Sandalwood," how does Broome feel about his own appearance and appeal?

5. Why does Broome want to go to the Red Caboose so badly?

6. What does the Spelling Bee in the section "Bee" mean to Broome?

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

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

9. In "The Initiation of Tuan" (pages 1 - 4), what does Broome find familiar about Tuan and his father?

10. What happens when Broome tries to get a ride home from the Red Caboose with his friends?

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