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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. What does Broome imagine about Tuan in Part II?

2. Where did Broome used to go with his mother and his siblings at night when his father still worked?

3. What does Broome's father once do in order to avoid having Broome's mother see him in the house?

4. What song does Broome's mother sing to try to cheer him up in Part II?

5. Who is Broome's childhood "friend" in Part I that Broome's father likes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Broome realize he usually calls to help him in disastrous situations, even though he has a fraught relationship with this person?

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

5. What does Corey tell Broome about what Black boys must do in the section "Colder"?

6. What does Broome think about the reasons his mother told his father to leave?

7. What does the Spelling Bee in the section "Bee" mean to Broome?

8. What does Broome often do in middle school that brings him some level of social acceptance?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Broome use his dancing and singing skills as a child, and how does he view his use of them from an adult perspective? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and when does Broome seem to come to a deeper and more empathetic understanding of the struggles his mother faced when he was a child? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Broome describe his experiences with his first girlfriend? What does he love about being with her, even as they both realize that the sexual part of their relationship is not going to work? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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