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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Paul's reaction to the dirty jokes at school?
(a) He does not understand them.
(b) He feels sinful just to hear them.
(c) He goes home to make up some of his own.
(d) He loves them and tells them to Bobby.

2. What unlikely event does Grandmother Lamb do?
(a) Live by herself.
(b) Is an open lesbian.
(c) Remarry.
(d) Divorce.

3. What beginning signs does Paul believe indicates his homosexuality?
(a) His fascinations with paper dolls and mother's heels.
(b) His preference to play with Joyce and other girls.
(c) How he loves to play with his mother's hair.
(d) His love for fashion at a young age.

4. Why is Bobby separated from his family for three months?
(a) He goes to St. Jude's for rehabilitation.
(b) He goes to Shriner's Hospital for rehabilitation.
(c) He stays with his grandfather's sisters in Montreal for intense prayer.
(d) He stays at a summer camp exclusive to kids with Spina bifida.

5. What does Monette feel about his childhood as he remembers his past?
(a) They are sadder than he first remembers.
(b) They are happier than he first remembers.
(c) It is like somebody else and not really him.
(d) As if it all just happened yesterday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What guidance is available to Big Paul and Jackie as they raise Bobby?

2. How old is Monette as he writes his autobiography "Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story?"

3. What modern health issue does this book say is more prevalent amongst gay men than straight men?

4. What causes Paul to feel guilty about his relationship with Kite?

5. Monette accuses which two public figures of being in the closet?

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