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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. Who asks Broome point-blank in school if he is a "faggot"?
2. What word does the man Broome goes home with chant to himself repeatedly before Broome leaves in "Like This"?
3. Who does Tuan's father repeatedly talk to on the phone in Part III?
4. What term does Broome's mother use to refer to the house her father gave her and her husband to live in?
5. What sport does Broome recall his father playing often in Part III?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Broome lie about playing basketball to his partner in "The Key"?
2. What happens when Broome goes home with Jason in "Like This"?
3. What does Broome do as a child that his mother is proud of?
4. In "The Key," what happens when Bertrand actually forces Broome to play basketball?
5. Who does a woman on the bus in "The Initiation of Tuan" remind Broome of and why (137-8)?
6. What does Broome think eventually cut his own father off from everything good in his father's life?
7. What television event does Broome's mother get very excited about in "A House is not a Home" ?
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. In "Look Left, Look Right," why is Broome looking to make fast money?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Broome describe he relationships in childhood with both his brother and his sister? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What influence do the writings and philosophies of James Baldwin have on Broome, as both Broome and the writer of the Introduction, Yona Harvey, explain them? Write an essay describing your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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