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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. Why is Broome's mother disappointed with the singer she hears on television in Part IV?
(a) He curses.
(b) He looks less attractive and more effeminate than she expected.
(c) He does not show up to perform.
(d) He sings badly.

2. What kind of pressure does Broome's new boyfriend say he knows exists for Broome in America?
(a) Pressure from poverty.
(b) Pressure from politics.
(c) Pressure from racism.
(d) Pressure from homophobia.

3. When did Broome frequent The Holiday?
(a) The seventies.
(b) The eighties.
(c) The nineties.
(d) The early 2000s.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Broome prefer to drink at bars that seems to turn some people off?

3. What does Broome's mother remember her own mother doing nearly every day?

4. Who does Broome's mother make friends with in her early days living with Broome's father?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What humiliating process does Broome willingly endure in "Look Left, Look Right"?

3. What does Broome do as a child that his mother is proud of?

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

5. In "The Key," what happens when Bertrand actually forces Broome to play basketball?

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

7. What did Broome think watching his father play catch with him as a child?

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

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

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

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