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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are the two things in life that Broome says can tell you who you really are?
(a) Taxes and death.
(b) Love and death.
(c) Hazing and books.
(d) War and public sex.

4. Who is Broome's childhood "friend" in Part I that Broome's father likes?
(a) Corey.
(b) Henry.
(c) Jason.
(d) James.

5. Where is Broome's town's hottest dance spot for youth?
(a) The Holder Place.
(b) The Blurry Bell.
(c) The Club.
(d) The Red Caboose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Broome have to sneak in to the school movie in the section "Bee"?

2. How does Broome's father refer to his mother in "Parental Alienation 101"?

3. What does Broome's father once do in order to avoid having Broome's mother see him in the house?

4. What song does Broome's mother sing to try to cheer him up in Part II?

5. Why do Broome's roommates in "The Rent" ask him for a meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Broome initially feel about the fire that destroys his family's house?

2. What does the Spelling Bee in the section "Bee" mean to Broome?

3. In "The Rent," what do Broome's roommates at college confront him about?

4. What happens when Broome tries to get a ride home from the Red Caboose with his friends?

5. What does Broome often do in middle school that brings him some level of social acceptance?

6. Why does Corey want Broome to have sex with a girl in front of other boys in the section "Colder"?

7. How does the fire that burns Broome's house down start?

8. What does Broome's father do after his mother separates from her?

9. In "The Initiation of Tuan" (pages 1 - 4), what does Broome find familiar about Tuan and his father?

10. Who does Broome realize he usually calls to help him in disastrous situations, even though he has a fraught relationship with this person?

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