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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Conley say about the photographs from his last day at Love In Action?
(a) These photographs help incriminate John Smid.
(b) There are no photographs of that day.
(c) The photographs are the most embarrassing testament to this period of his life.
(d) The photographs are his most precious memories.

2. What does Conley ask his mother about alcoholism?
(a) Whether she is an alcoholic.
(b) Whether his father was an alcoholic.
(c) Whether she thinks alcoholism is a sin.
(d) Whether she knows anyone who is an alcoholic.

3. Why do the others think Conley is nervous during the Lie Chair activity?
(a) He is shaking.
(b) He is fidgeting with his hands.
(c) He is yelling.
(d) He is crying.

4. Why does Conley's father draw a zigzag on his heel?
(a) To cast a spell.
(b) Because he is drunk.
(c) So that he feels shame.
(d) So that he is not confused for another boy.

5. What does Conley ask for when leaving Love In Action?
(a) His hat.
(b) His Moleskine.
(c) His cell phone.
(d) His jewelry.

6. What does Conley wear to his father's ordination?
(a) A tuxedo.
(b) A dark blue blazer and white button-down.
(c) A pinstriped designer suit.
(d) A long trench coat.

7. What snacks does Conley consider buying on his trip with his mother?
(a) Chocolate-covered pretzels.
(b) Gummy bears.
(c) Sour patch kids.
(d) Skittles.

8. What does Conley consider the most beautiful part of the church?
(a) The pews.
(b) The carpet.
(c) The dove.
(d) The chandelier.

9. To what does author Barbara Johnson liken homosexuality?
(a) To criminality.
(b) To having a pet as a child.
(c) To the influence of Satan.
(d) To a death in the family.

10. Which class does Charles and Dominique have with Conley?
(a) Comp II.
(b) Introductory Spanish.
(c) Physics.
(d) Advanced Poetry.

11. Where do Conley and his friends climb on campus?
(a) The administration building.
(b) The top of the dorm.
(c) The parking garage.
(d) The steeple.

12. Which is one of the works of literature that Conley is assigned to read?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Wuthering Heights.
(c) The Faerie Queene.
(d) The Last of the Mohicans.

13. What does J admit when sitting in the Lie Chair?
(a) He loves him.
(b) He knows that his father is secretly gay.
(c) He will not accept his fathers gambling addiction, alcoholism, or abuse.
(d) He knows about his marital infidelity.

14. What did the grounds of the campus chapel formerly occupy?
(a) A Masonic orphanage.
(b) A prison.
(c) A sanitarium.
(d) A convent.

15. How does Conley feel after taking down Mark's phone number?
(a) He feels ashamed.
(b) He feels scared.
(c) He feels sexually aroused.
(d) He feels fulfilled with the knowledge of possessing a secret.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Conley spend his 19th birthday?

2. Why does Conley's mother make an appointment with Dr. Julie?

3. What is the first thing Conley's mother notices about the boy on the Love In Action brochure?

4. What does Conley's mother fear when her son leaves Love In Action?

5. What is the name of Smid's second wife?

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