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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, 1962-1964, Learning to Tell the Truth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By whom was a friend of Mel's murdered?
(a) A gang.
(b) A member of a biker group.
(c) A male prostitute.
(d) A policeman.

2. What happens to Denny while Mel is still in college?
(a) He goes to Vietnam and is killed.
(b) He drops out of communication with his family.
(c) He dies from complications of an accident.
(d) He kills himself.

3. Why does Mel think he was not being unfair to Lyla to marry her?
(a) He is forced to such action by a condemning society.
(b) He honestly loves her.
(c) He does think he is being unfair.
(d) He thinks she is a lesbian and not honest with him.

4. What college does Mel attend for his doctorate?
(a) UC Berkeley.
(b) USC.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Stanford.

5. What is Martin Luther King arguing at the time of Lyla and Mel's enrollment in college?
(a) Gay rights were as important as other civil rights.
(b) Christians were obligated to fight social evil.
(c) Gays are not born homosexual so they do not deserve civil rights.
(d) Christians need to stay above the political/social fights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who phoned the camp to have the young seminarian sent home?

2. What question is Mel afraid to ask?

3. For what organization does Mel work?

4. What does Mel regret about his time during the civil rights era?

5. What is one reason that Mel finds for which Sodom was not destroyed?

(see the answer key)

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