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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What modern health issue does this book say is more prevalent amongst gay men than straight men?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) HPV.
(d) Herpes.

2. What is Paul hoping will happen in Europe?
(a) He will be openly gay.
(b) He will find himself.
(c) To meet with old friends and renew old bonds.
(d) To be able to fit in without trying too hard.

3. Why is it surprising Bobby makes it to high school and college?
(a) Bobby is not very smart.
(b) Bobby is dyslexic.
(c) Bobby is a rebel during elementary school.
(d) His classmates do not have levels above second grade.

4. Why does Paul choose Elihu?
(a) It is the most diverse and least preppy.
(b) Cody's advice.
(c) It has the most Apollos and Dionysus.
(d) It is the only one that accepts him.

5. According to Paul, what is the only dirty book he has ever read?
(a) Where the Sidewalk Ends.
(b) Home and Gardens.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Hustler.

6. What theme is seen again as Paul holds a drunk Cody in his arms?
(a) The courtier role.
(b) The savior role.
(c) Unrequited love.
(d) Cody taking advantage of Paul's feelings for him.

7. Everyone knows Paul's new workplace by what name?
(a) Nick's.
(b) Danny's.
(c) Molly's.
(d) Stevie's.

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

9. How is Paul received when he returns home over his first Christmas break from Yale?
(a) Everyone is proud and brags about his Yale status.
(b) None of his friends even notice.
(c) His father feels Paul is growing up to be a man.
(d) Bobby is excited to hear about college from his older brother.

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

11. What lavish event does Paul get to partake in?
(a) Cabot's cotillion.
(b) Philip's confirmation;.
(c) Nana Lamb's second wedding.
(d) Francis's bar mitzvah.

12. Monette accuses which two public figures of being in the closet?
(a) Ray Cohn and J. Edgar Hoover.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
(c) Roscoe Hillenkoeter and Walter Smith.
(d) James Dean and William Holden.

13. What guidance is available to Big Paul and Jackie as they raise Bobby?
(a) Specialists.
(b) Counseling groups.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) A church.

14. What reality does Paul face the night he spends in New York with Cody?
(a) Cody always knew about Paul's feelings.
(b) Their friendship will never be the same.
(c) Cody and Natalie are engaged.
(d) Paul will never love anyone as much.

15. What major event does Bobby go through around age ten?
(a) An appendectomy.
(b) Bladder surgery.
(c) Hip surgery.
(d) Knee surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stratford Road bring into Paul's life?

2. What comfortable bonding opportunities does Paul have with his father?

3. Who does Monette compare gays' plight to?

4. While in high school, what does Paul dream of becoming as an adult?

5. What unlikely event does Grandmother Lamb do?

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