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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 does Broome go home with in the section "Like This"?
2. What did Broome's mother always want to be?
3. What does Broome's new boyfriend basically make him do at the end of "The Key" that Broome dreads?
4. What does Broome's mother buy one day at the Miracle Mart that goes missing a short while later?
5. What is one reason Broome wants to buy drugs so badly in "Look Left, Look Right"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does a woman on the bus in "The Initiation of Tuan" remind Broome of and why (137-8)?
2. In "The Key," what happens when Bertrand actually forces Broome to play basketball?
3. What huge lie does Broome's father, Junior, tell his mother?
4. What does Broome think about the process of aging?
5. What humiliating process does Broome willingly endure in "Look Left, Look Right"?
6. What television event does Broome's mother get very excited about in "A House is not a Home" ?
7. What does Broome think he has done with Black women throughout his life?
8. In "Game Theory," what does Broome like about having a girlfriend?
9. What did Broome think watching his father play catch with him as a child?
10. In "Like This," what happens when Broome goes to Pressley's for the first time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
What does basketball come to symbolize for Broome that he cannot seem to shake even in adulthood? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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