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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the verse of John 11:35?

2. How does Conley feel at the prospect of abandoning his parents?

3. What does Conley not confess to his parents?

4. What does J call Bible passages dealing with homosexuality?

5. What is one of the questions in Conley's Addiction Workbook?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the only openly gay person whom Conley met before his therapy began at LIA?

2. What is the church denomination whose service Conley attends?

3. Which relative do Conley's parents go and visit in a flashback?

4. What is the name of the person whom Conley meets while moving into his dorm room?

5. Who is Conley's girlfriend's brother, and how does he behave?

6. Who is the man who fills in for Smid to run Love In Action programs?

7. What does Conley's father do for a living?

8. What do the Love In Action participants make during the activity in the church?

9. Who are the twins whom Conley meets in college?

10. Where does Conley's father bring on their trip at the end of Part I for those to whom they are preaching?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The seriousness of rape has generated a lot of interest in popular culture since the turn of the Millennium. Conley's rape by David affects Conley profoundly. Is his rape a turning point for Conley? How does he respond to it? Whom else does Conley tell about the rape, and how do those individuals react? Write an essay in which you comment on how his victimization affected Conley, and the extent to which it may have changed his attitude or the course of his life. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Conley describes a few Love In Action participates in detail, though we only know them by the letters of their first names--"J," "S," and "T." Select one of these three participants and describe their journey within Love In Action. Do they seem to be receptive to the program? Does their behavior change? Though you may consider how their experience or attitude influences Conley, focus on the individual of your choosing and his or her own experience. Use evidence from the text to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

As Conley states in his memoir, he knew that he wanted to a be writer from a relatively young age. His memoir itself is replete with figurative language (i.e. metaphors, similes, imagery). Are the contexts in which he uses figurative language all the same, or does he use poetic language in a number of different context? Assemble a collection of instances of this figurative language, and comment on how it enhances or contributes to the text.

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