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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. Where is the first gay pride parade Broome attends?

2. Where does Broome learn everything he every learned about white people?

3. Where does Broome get the diary he uses in "Bee"?

4. What happens to Broome's house in "Parental Alienation101"?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Broome's encounter with the girl he is supposed to have sex with in "Colder"?

2. What does Corey tell Broome about what Black boys must do in the section "Colder"?

3. Why does Broome's father like Corey so much in the section titled "Colder"?

4. How does Broome think Mr. Nye views him?

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

6. In "Sandalwood," how does Broome feel about his own appearance and appeal?

7. In "The Rent," who helps comfort Broome after his disaster at his rental house and what does this person do?

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

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

10. How does Broome feel the first time he goes to the Arena Health Club?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and when does Broome seem to come to a deeper and more empathetic understanding of the struggles his mother faced when he was a child? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Broome explain his realization, in childhood, that he was different from other boys of his age? How did Broome come to feel about the characteristics that apparently seemed to set him apart from his peers and identify him as an object of ridicule? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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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