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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. How does Broome get to the nightclub he wants to go to with his friends?
(a) He hitchhikes.
(b) He takes the bus.
(c) He walks.
(d) He gets a ride from a friend.

2. In Part II, why does Broome think his mother separates from his father?
(a) So she can get another job.
(b) To save both herself and Broome.
(c) To get remarried.
(d) So she can move out of state.

3. What sport does Broome's brother play and is skilled at?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Tennis.

4. Whose poem does Broome begin his book with?
(a) Gwendolyn Brooks's.
(b) bel hooks's.
(c) James Joyce's.
(d) Paul Henry's.

5. What kind of jeans does Broome take some pride in wearing in "Sandalwood"?
(a) Levis jeans.
(b) Bruno Magvli jeans.
(c) Jeans that look like expensive JNCO jeans.
(d) Guess jeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Broome do in Part II concerning two of his friends that he later feels ashamed of?

2. How does Broome afford college tuition?

3. What are the two things in life that Broome says can tell you who you really are?

4. Who gets beaten up on a bus that Broome recalls in Part II from his past?

5. What does the young boy's father on the bus tell him to stop doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Broome realize he usually calls to help him in disastrous situations, even though he has a fraught relationship with this person?

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

4. Why does Broome's father like Corey so much in the section titled "Colder"?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Broome think Mr. Nye views him?

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