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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. Where does Broome go for the first time early in Part II where he can tell he is not welcome?
(a) The Hotel.
(b) Pressley's.
(c) Barley's.
(d) The Rig.

2. Which aunt of Broome's mother helps Broome's mother help her?
(a) Aunt Mary Emma.
(b) Aunt Stella.
(c) Aunt Roberta.
(d) Aunt Helen.

3. What does Broome remember his father always wanting Broome to do more of as a child?
(a) Cook.
(b) Work.
(c) Play sports.
(d) Shop.

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

5. What was The Holiday situated between in the section "This Gay Life"?
(a) Two college campuses.
(b) Two car washes.
(c) A laundromat and a video store.
(d) Two libraries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Broome point-blank in school if he is a "faggot"?

2. Where do a lot of white people get on the bus in Part III that Broome notices?

3. What does Broome's new boyfriend basically make him do at the end of "The Key" that Broome dreads?

4. What is unique about Betrand?

5. Why does Broome get to stay up so late in "A House is Not a Home"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Like This," what happens when Broome goes to Pressley's for the first time?

2. What television event does Broome's mother get very excited about in "A House is not a Home" ?

3. Why does Broome's mother go to church throughout her adult life?

4. In "The Key," what question do prospective partners often ask Broome?

5. Why did Broome's mother marry his father in the first place?

6. What does Broome notice Tuan's father doing when Tuan starts to cry?

7. What does Broome think he has done with Black women throughout his life?

8. Who does a woman on the bus in "The Initiation of Tuan" remind Broome of and why (137-8)?

9. What does Broome think about the process of aging?

10. What happens when Broome goes home with Jason in "Like This"?

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