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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 Brother Nielson say about the Middle East?

2. Where does Conley report feeling safe?

3. What are phosphenes?

4. Who was Conley's third grade teacher?

5. Which of the following was not an assumption of Love In Action's Moral Inventory?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Garrad's parents find out about his homosexuality?

3. What church do the Love In Action groups visit?

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

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

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

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

8. What is a Moral Inventory?

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

10. What is a genogram?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conley's father became a preacher in his middle age. Describe the voice of Conley's father in his capacity as a preacher as well as husband and father. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text and analyze whether this is a positive or negative voice.

Essay Topic 2

Conley's homosexuality is among the primary themes of his memoir. Write an essay in which you describe Conley's reaction to his own homosexuality as well as homosexuality in general. When does he remember first thinking he was gay? How does he react to this realization? How does he feel about homosexuality in others? Does his attitude toward his own homosexuality change through the course of the text? Use evidence from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Conley loves to write in his Moleskin journal. He claims that he wants to be a writer when he grows up. What attracts Conley to the act of writing? Write an essay in which you explain Conley's relationship to his writing, explaining how the writing makes him feel. Use examples from the text to support your response.

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