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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Broome have to sneak in to the school movie in the section "Bee"?
(a) He knows his parents will not approve of the movie.
(b) He is afraid of a bully in the audience.
(c) He does not have enough money for the movie.
(d) He wants to act like he does not really want to see the movie.

2. Where does Broome go to college?
(a) University of Akron.
(b) University of Virginia.
(c) University of Ohio.
(d) University of Florida.

3. What song does Broome's mother sing to try to cheer him up in Part II?
(a) Fever.
(b) Spirit in the Sky.
(c) Like a Rolling Stone.
(d) This Little Light of Mine.

4. What does Broome write that Black boys do not get to enjoy for long?
(a) Having enough to eat.
(b) School.
(c) Boyhood.
(d) Swimming.

5. Who does Broome meet at his first pride parade who becomes a long-term friend?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Helen.
(c) Gary.
(d) Annette.

6. What happens to Broome's relationship with his father after their house is destroyed?
(a) They become much closer.
(b) His father dies very shortly afterwards.
(c) He does not see his father much after that.
(d) His father at least tries to be present afterwards.

7. In Part II, what does Broome say he learned as a boy detracted from his Blackness?
(a) His gayness.
(b) His bookishness.
(c) His shyness.
(d) His accent.

8. Where does Broome learn everything he every learned about white people?
(a) From television.
(b) From school.
(c) From his mother.
(d) At college.

9. What word does Broome miss in the spelling bee in the section "Bee"?
(a) Foreign.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Multiplier.
(d) Habitual.

10. What happens to Broome's house in "Parental Alienation101"?
(a) It is destroyed by a hurricane.
(b) It burns down.
(c) It is condemned.
(d) It is infested by termites.

11. What sport does Broome's brother play and is skilled at?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Basketball.

12. What does Broome imagine about Tuan in Part II?
(a) That he is Broome's cousin.
(b) That he is like Broome's father as a boy.
(c) That he is Broome's son.
(d) That he is Broome's brother.

13. When does Broome's father most often come to their house after the divorce in "Parental Alienation 101"?
(a) In the middle of the night.
(b) Never.
(c) During school hours.
(d) When his mother is out.

14. Why does Broome leave his rented accomodation in Part II?
(a) He can not afford it.
(b) His roommates confront him about being gay.
(c) He decides to leave college because he misses home.
(d) He needs to leave college because of an illness.

15. How does Broome's father refer to his mother in "Parental Alienation 101"?
(a) In completely negative terms.
(b) In glowing terms.
(c) In religious terms.
(d) He does not talk about her at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Broome used to go with his mother and his siblings at night when his father still worked?

2. Who is the young boy's father on the bus on the phone with frequently in Part I?

3. When is the first gay pride parade Broome attends?

4. When does Broome leave college in Part II?

5. What happens to Broome's sister's diary after their house is destroyed?

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