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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 term does Broome's mother use to refer to the house her father gave her and her husband to live in?

2. Where does Broome's new boyfriend ask him to meet him for a date outside in "The Key"?

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

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

5. How does Broome remember the Black boys at school treating him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Broome notice Tuan's father doing when Tuan starts to cry?

3. What does Broome's father do with his mother's book, and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens to precipitate the breakup of the arrangement (it is more an arrangement than a friendship, according to Broome) between Broome and Corey in Part I? How does Broome feel about the dissolution of the arrangement? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In Part I, why is the spelling bee so important to Broome, and what does he understand almost intuitively about his teacher Mr. Nye's perceptions and expectations of him? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

In Part II, what does the behavior of Broome's roommates at college reveal to him about his hopes for escaping bias and stress related to his being gay by leaving his small Ohio hometown? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusion.

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