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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. Of what does Conley's therapy group remind him?

2. What type of car does Conley's father drive to the jail?

3. What does Conley blame on literature?

4. What is David reading during his first semester in college?

5. What does Conley tell his father about David?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a Moral Inventory?

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

4. What did Love In Action participant, "T" try to do?

5. How many steps are in the Love In Action program?

6. What are two items taken from Conley at the reception of Love In Action?

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

8. In what year did Conley begin his ex-gay therapy?

9. How long is the Source program in which Conley participates?

10. What are the so-called "clobber passages"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conley often reacts critically to Love In Action's activities and principles. Does the extent to which Conley accepts the treatment outlined by Love In Action change during the course of the memoir? Write an essay in which you describe the trajectory of Conley's reaction to Love In Action's program. Use evidence from the text to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

The memoir is a unique genre, in which an individual's autobiography is structured to demonstrate how an experience changed him or her. Memoir is understood to be nonfictional; however, all narrators are reliable to different extents. Write an essay in which you discuss whether Conley is a reliable or unreliable narrator. Use examples from the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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