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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. Which friends did Broome's mother move with after graduating from high school?

2. Who asks Broome point-blank in school if he is a "faggot"?

3. What was The Holiday situated between in the section "This Gay Life"?

4. In "Game Theory," what does Broome's girlfriend ask him to take off during sex?

5. Which aunt of Broome's mother helps Broome's mother help her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Like This," what happens when Broome goes to Pressley's for the first time?

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

5. What does Broome think he has done with Black women throughout his life?

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

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

8. What does Broome think about the process of aging?

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

10. What does Broome think eventually cut his own father off from everything good in his father's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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