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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, 1980-81, Facing Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What African-American man does Mel meet in Los Angeles?
(a) John.
(b) Mark.
(c) Herbert.
(d) Peter.

2. Why does Mel feel guilty on his honeymoon?
(a) He now realizes he is definitely gay.
(b) His attraction to the man he meets.
(c) He has had several episodes of anonymous sex with men while on his honeymoon.
(d) He is pretending sexual interest in Lyla.

3. What does Lyla go to school to earn?
(a) A degree in social work.
(b) Certification as a dental technician.
(c) A degree in education.
(d) A degree in nursing.

4. When do Lyla and Mel marry?
(a) After they go through a year of counseling.
(b) When they graduate from college.
(c) Just a few days after Mel returns home from the episode with Ted.
(d) When they both turn 25.

5. How does Mel describe his mother?
(a) Very religious but tolerant of other beliefs.
(b) Strong but passive.
(c) She wore the pants in the family.
(d) Wise and assertive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mel think he was not being unfair to Lyla to marry her?

2. How does Mel say he appears on the outside in high school?

3. How does Howard Rutledge survive a very difficult time?

4. What does Though I Walk Through the Valley concern?

5. When do Mel and Lyla kiss for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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