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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Tom Montgomery?
(a) A man Mel meets in a gay bar.
(b) Mel's lawyer.
(c) Mel's brother-in-law.
(d) Mel's spiritual adviser.

2. What does White say in his letter to Jerry Falwell on December 24, 1991?
(a) White suggests that Falwell needs counseling.
(b) White tells Falwell White is contemplating a lawsuit.
(c) White asks Falwell to meet with him to talk about Falwell's treatment of homosexuality.
(d) White asks Falwell's forgiveness for pretending to be someone White was not.

3. What does Robertson and others of the religious right tell White he could do?
(a) Condemn hundreds to hell with his preaching.
(b) Be healed of his homosexuality.
(c) Come and explain his views of the Bible to them.
(d) Be accepted back into the fold of the religious right.

4. Where does Mel meet Gary Nixon?
(a) The baths.
(b) All Saints Episcopal.
(c) A gay bar.
(d) MCC.

5. How did Mel view Jerry Falwell when Mel worked with the man?
(a) A deceitful money grubber.
(b) A sincere follower of Jesus.
(c) A deranged demagogue.
(d) A sincere but misguided Christian zionist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Mel and Lyla's children respond to the divorce?

2. What does Mel pretend at parties?

3. How does Mel feel at the church to which Tom takes Mel?

4. To whom does Mel introduce David?

5. What does Lyla feel Mel is experiencing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom Montgomery maintain his spirituality despite being angry with the Religious Right?

2. What is the Truth in Love campaign?

3. Describe White's experience with Tom Montgomery.

4. What does Mel say that the religious right increasingly claimed and what was one of those claims?

5. How does White handle his relationship with David as far as Lyla is concerned?

6. How do Mel and Lyla stay connected, and what do Christian leaders say about White's new living situation? What does Lyla say in response to the Christian leaders?

7. What worries White about the religious right's rhetoric about homosexuality?

8. What happens one night when White becomes too stressed about his life? What does he do after that?

9. What does White say about working with Falwell on the book, If I Should Die Before I Wake?

10. What was Mel White determined to do after the end of his relationship with Tom?

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