View a FREE sample

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 name of Conley's father's family business?

2. Who is Conley's father's idol?

3. What does TV suggest to Conley about homosexuality?

4. Who tells Conley in the first chapter that some are not cut out for reading Scripture?

5. Where do Conley and Chloe plan to have sex?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the name of the youth group whose service Conley attends?

3. What does Conley do on campus when he is unable to sleep?

4. Where do Conley and his father travel at the end of the first section?

5. Which celebrity does Conley thinks Smid resembles?

6. Who is Conley's first girlfriend?

7. Why does Conley's mother sleep in a separate room from his father?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Confidence plays an important role in Conleys' memoir. Conley's level of confidence ships in the memoir at various junctures, which in turn influences his outward behavior. Write an essay in which you discuss Conley's confidence, and how his confidence develops around the events described in the narrative. How does his confidence influence his behavior around others? Use examples from the text in your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

The Chapter "Other Boys" discusses Conley's experience in college. Whom does he meet there? What courses does he take? How does Conley react to this new environment? Is it an overall positive or negative experience for him, and why? Write an essay describing how Conley's transition to college affects him. Use examples from the text to support your observations.

Essay Topic 3

Conley has a few important friends and colleagues from many stages of the period of his life described in his narration (high school, college, and Love In Action). Select one individual who can be considered Conley's peer (i.e. not his parents) and describe both how their relationship develops, and how Conley is affected by the relationship. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 546 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample