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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. Early in Part IV, who does Tuan talk to on the phone on the bus?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sibling.
(d) His cousin.

2. What does Broome think cut his father off from everything good in his father's life?
(a) His not being able to read.
(b) His need to be a "man."
(c) His mental illness.
(d) His drug addiction.

3. Why does Broome's mother return back to the city not long after moving there after high school?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She wants to go to college in the city she grew up in.
(c) She is broke.
(d) She is pregnant.

4. What does Broome's mother like to hear him do in "Let the Church Say 'Amen'"?
(a) Play guitar.
(b) Sing.
(c) Read aloud.
(d) Praise her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Broome's mother grow up as a child?

2. What does Broome's father do to Broome's mother when he catches her having an affair?

3. How is Broome humiliated in front of his new boyfriend in "The Key"?

4. What do most people call Broome's father at the time his parents marry?

5. What basketball reference does Broome make to his new boyfriend in "The Key"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What huge lie does Broome's father, Junior, tell his mother?

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

4. What does Broome think eventually cut his own father off from everything good in his father's life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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