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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (A House is Not a Home - The Initiation of Tuan, Pages 149 - 196).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Broome do in school to try to gain friends?
(a) Steal.
(b) Give food away.
(c) Do people's homework for them.
(d) Dance.

2. Who is Michael attracted to in "Sandalwood"?
(a) Phil.
(b) Henry.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Greg.

3. What does Broome's mother say she regrets doing in Part IV?
(a) Quitting her job.
(b) Eating too much.
(c) Having an affair.
(d) Yelling at her cousin.

4. Why do Broome's roommates in "The Rent" ask him for a meeting?
(a) They confront him about being gay.
(b) They confront him about lying about his name.
(c) They confront him about missing rent payments.
(d) They confront him about his cooking habits.

5. What does Broome's friend do when he fails at the public display the friend tries to set up for Broome in Part I?
(a) Cuts him with a knife.
(b) Burns him with a cigarette.
(c) Tries to run over him with the car.
(d) Beats him up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Broome go with his new boyfriend for dinner after his humiliating experience in "The Key"?

2. How does Broome remember the white boys treating him at school as a child?

3. What did Broome's mother always want to be?

4. Who does Broome call to come pick him up from college?

5. Whose poem does Broome begin his book with?

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