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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 term does Broome's mother use to refer to the house her father gave her and her husband to live in?
(a) A shotgun house.
(b) A rover house.
(c) A hidewaway.
(d) A blinker house.

2. Where does Broome go with his new boyfriend for dinner after his humiliating experience in "The Key"?
(a) Belly Burger.
(b) A dive bar.
(c) The Glitch.
(d) A Korean restaurant.

3. What does Broome do in a desperate attempt to contact the man he likes in the end of "Look Left, Look Right"?
(a) Breaks into his apartment.
(b) Waits outside his work.
(c) Waits outside his sister's house.
(d) Approaches him belligerently at a bar.

4. Where does Broome's mother move right after graduating from high school?
(a) Dayton.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

5. What does Broome's father do to Broome's mother when he catches her having an affair?
(a) Beats her.
(b) Kills her.
(c) Throws her out of the house.
(d) Makes her tell the children in front of him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the lovers from the bus in Part III get off the bus?

3. What was The Holiday situated between in the section "This Gay Life"?

4. What does Broome promise himself he will never be to his mother?

5. What does Broome really like about having a girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Look Left, Look Right," why is Broome looking to make fast money?

2. Why does Broome lie about playing basketball to his partner in "The Key"?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In "The Key," how does Broome remember his older brother treating him as a child?

9. Why is Broome so upset at seeing his mother's reaction to Luther Vandross?

10. What does Broome's mother do that Broome's father beats her badly over?

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