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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 does the man to whom Conley speaks at the jail tell him?

2. On which Biblical figure does Conley prepare a lesson?

3. What does Conley's father often say?

4. What is the denomination of Conley's college?

5. What causes so much noise as Conley moves into his dorm room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a genogram?

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

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

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

5. To which mythological character from Edith Hamilton's "Mythology" does Conley liken himself?

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

7. Why does David challenge Conley to a footrace?

8. Which celebrity does Conley thinks Smid resembles?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Missionary Baptist is a unique religion among the Protestant denominations. Write an essay in which you delineate Conley's attitude toward his religion. How does Conley identify with respect to religion? Does he embrace Missionary Baptist doctrine? How does he feel about other religions? Though you may discuss his reactions to other religions, focus your essay primarily on his family's religion--Missionary Baptism. Use evidence from the text to support your conclusion.

Essay Topic 2

Love In Action is a Christian-supported program. How does Love In Action derive power and authority from Christianity? Using as evidence the figures involved in Love In Action, its material (i.e. the handbook and brochures), and the activities in which Conley and the others participate, discuss how Love In Action locates its power as a uniquely Christian mission. Use evidence from the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

The figures in Conley's memoir represent various social classes. How does Conley's presentation of these diverse social classes inform the message of his memoir? Write an essay in which you describe Conley's portrayal of various social classes, and how these diverse backgrounds influence various individuals' behaviors. How does the influence (or lack of influence) of social class inform the larger memoir? Use examples from the text to support your response.

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