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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. Who does Broome write that he has laid his problems too often at the feet of?

2. What does Broome's mother like to hear him do in "Let the Church Say 'Amen'"?

3. Where does Broome's mother grow up as a child?

4. Who was the first man Broome's mother became involved with after moving to the big city after high school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What humiliating process does Broome willingly endure in "Look Left, Look Right"?

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

3. Why does Broome lie about playing basketball to his partner in "The Key"?

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

7. Why is Broome so upset at seeing his mother's reaction to Luther Vandross?

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

9. In "Look Left, Look Right," why is Broome looking to make fast money?

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

Why do you think Broome chooses to link two racist incidents in his life involving cars - one from his childhood and one from his adulthood in Pittsburgh - in Part V? What point is he making about racism in America in general with these two stories? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Broome explain his conflicted feelings about attending his first Pride parade ever, in Pittsburgh? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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