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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. What happened to Conley's father when he was young?

2. What does Conley think of as he lies in cotton sheets in college?

3. What does Conley's father tell him about David?

4. Why does a fellow Love In Action participant criticize Conley when they are visiting the Lutheran Church?

5. What does David ask Conley?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many steps are in the Love In Action program?

2. Where do Conley and his mother stay while Conley attends Love In Action?

3. What does Conley do on campus when he is unable to sleep?

4. What are two items taken from Conley at the reception of Love In Action?

5. In which city does the Love in Action take place?

6. Where does Conley's father bring on their trip at the end of Part I for those to whom they are preaching?

7. What is the name of Conley's first roommate?

8. Why does Conley's mother sleep in a separate room from his father?

9. How do Garrad's parents find out about his homosexuality?

10. Who is the name of the leader of Love In Action?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The memoir is a unique genre, in which an individual's autobiography is structured to demonstrate how an experience changed him or her. Memoir is understood to be nonfictional; however, all narrators are reliable to different extents. Write an essay in which you discuss whether Conley is a reliable or unreliable narrator. Use examples from the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Conley has a different relationships with his father and mother. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast these two relationships. How does Conley feel about each parent? How does he think they feel about him? Is one relationship decidedly better than the other? Write an essay comparing Conley's relationship with his mother and father. Use evidence form the text to support your views.

Essay Topic 3

Conley often reacts critically to Love In Action's activities and principles. Does the extent to which Conley accepts the treatment outlined by Love In Action change during the course of the memoir? Write an essay in which you describe the trajectory of Conley's reaction to Love In Action's program. Use evidence from the text to support your claim.

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