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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Broome get to the nightclub he wants to go to with his friends?

2. In "Bee," how does Broome describe his relationship with his siblings?

3. Who is Broome's good platonic friend in "Sandalwood"?

4. How does Broome describe his parents' relationship in "The Red Caboose"?

5. What does the young boy's father on the bus tell him to stop doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Nye do to Broome in secret in the section "Bee" and how does Broome react?

3. What does Broome's father do after his mother separates from her?

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

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

6. In "The Rent," who helps comfort Broome after his disaster at his rental house and what does this person do?

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

8. How does Broome initially feel about the fire that destroys his family's house?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Broome explain his conflicted feelings about attending his first Pride parade ever, in Pittsburgh? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Broome seem to identify so closely with Tuan, the young Black boy on his bus journey who he revisits throughout the memoir? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Broome chooses to link two racist incidents in his life involving cars - one from his childhood and one from his adulthood in Pittsburgh - in Part V? What point is he making about racism in America in general with these two stories? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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