Rainbow Boys Test | Final Test - Hard

Alex Sánchez
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Rainbow Boys Test | Final Test - Hard

Alex Sánchez
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 changes in Jason and Kyle's relationship in Chapter 20 after the fight between Nelson and Kyle and Jack and Jose?

2. What item does Nelson's mother use to support her arguments in favor of the GSA?

3. What argument does Ms. MacTrough give for the approval of the GSA?

4. Who is Dane?

5. For the first time, with whom does Jason stop to talk in the hallway at school in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Corey react to the news that Jason is gay? What advice does he give Jason?

2. How does Kyle react to Nelson's confession of an unprotected sexual encounter? How does this situation impact Kyle?

3. With whom does Nelson go out in this chapter of the novel? What is different about this date than some of Nelson's other social encounters?

4. Why does Jason feel that his father's leaving is his fault? How does Jason's father compare to Kyle and Nelson's fathers in this novel?

5. What happens when Jason comes across Jack Ransom and his friends fighting with Nelson and Kyle? How does Jason respond?

6. How does Jason's father respond to Kyle and Nelson? How does Jason deal with his father's reaction?

7. What happens to Nelson that makes Jason feel the need to interfere? What does Jason do?

8. How does Kyle's father react to meeting Jason for the first time? How does this make Kyle feel?

9. How do Kyle's parents respond to a harassing phone call placed to their home in response to Kyle's involvement in the forming of a GSA club at school? How does this inspire Kyle to stand up for himself in an unusual way?

10. Nelson and his mother both speak at the school board meeting to support the beginning of a Gay-Straight Alliance club at the high school. What does Nelson talk about and what impact does it have on the board and those who oppose the club?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following themes in an essay, using quotes from the book to support your conclusions:

1) Sexuality

2) Identity

3) Parental relationships

Essay Topic 2

What is the Gay-Straight Alliance? Why do Nelson and Kyle want to start a branch of the club in their school? What do they hope to do with this club? Why is the principal hesitant to allow the club at the high school? Is the principal biased against Nelson and Kyle, or are there other reasons for his actions? What does Nelson talk about at the school board meeting when he goes to argue for the club? How does this argument impact the decision of the school board? How do most of the kids at school react to the club? How might you react to such a club at your school?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Kyle? How does Kyle feel about his own sexuality? Why is Kyle worried about people at school learning the truth about his sexuality? What does Kyle think will happen if people learn the truth? Why has Kyle not told his parents about his sexuality? How does Kyle think his parents will react to the news of his sexuality? Why does Kyle think this? What is Kyle's relationship like with his mother? With his father?

(see the answer keys)

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