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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 describe his childhood home in the section titled "The Red Caboose"?
(a) As a small, but clean and well-kept, home.
(b) As a palace.
(c) As a nice apartment.
(d) As a shack.

2. Why does Broome have to sneak in to the school movie in the section "Bee"?
(a) He is afraid of a bully in the audience.
(b) He does not have enough money for the movie.
(c) He knows his parents will not approve of the movie.
(d) He wants to act like he does not really want to see the movie.

3. What was Broome's favorite fish of the fish he got with his father?
(a) Guppies.
(b) Siamese FIghting Fish.
(c) Angel Fish.
(d) Oscar.

4. What stands today where Broome's childhood home used to be?
(a) A convenience store.
(b) A new house.
(c) It is a barren spot.
(d) A church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Broome's father get laid off from in Part I?

2. Where is the first gay pride parade Broome attends?

3. What does a teacher paddle Broome for doing in "Bee"?

4. What painful childhood memory does Broome recall about a girl in a diner in Part II?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Broome feel about going to his first Pride parade in Pittsburgh?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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