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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. The narrator says that there was something genetic or psychological in his and his sister's makeup that __________________.
(a) made them bipolar.
(b) made them angry.
(c) made them schizophrenic.
(d) made them gay.

2. While at the location in #177, the narrator learns that which celebrity has died?
(a) Judy Garland.
(b) Humphrey Bogart.
(c) John Wayne.
(d) Montgomery Clift.

3. What has happened to Paul, the art student?
(a) He has a gallery showing.
(b) He has committed suicide.
(c) He got married.
(d) He got a grant.

4. The narrator begins to understand that ___________________.
(a) his father admires him.
(b) he will always be a freak.
(c) his mother does not love him.
(d) he is not alone.

5. What does the narrator suggest that he and Sean do together?
(a) Go to therapy.
(b) Buy a condo.
(c) Move to Chicago.
(d) Vacation in Provence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lou feel about his fiancee's parents?

2. After Lou is engaged, he calls the narrator to tell him that ________________________.

3. Where does the narrator's mother go in Chapter 5?

4. What will be the barrier to any relationship between Lou and the narrator?

5. The narrator sets Lou up with ____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator consider for his life after Paul commits suicide in order to leave a world that rejects people like him?

2. What eventually happens to Sean who is conflicted by his own identity?

3. How are the narrator's parents portrayed in the book and what do they want most for their son?

4. How do the narrator's views of himself change according to whose perspective he is viewed in?

5. What is the narrator's life like after he moves to New York?

6. What is the reality of Lou's life as an engaged man?

7. Where does the narrator move to instead of going to Harvard where he has been accepted into a graduate program?

8. What happens to the narrator after Sean is gone?

9. How does the relationship between Maria and the narrator change when she moves to New York?

10. What are a couple of topics that Lou tries to educate the narrator on?

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