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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 Conley say about the photographs from his last day at Love In Action?

2. Where did Conley's parents go on New Year's Eve?

3. What kind of car did Conley's father buy for him?

4. What does Conley think to himself when he is pumping gasoline?

5. Why do the others think Conley is nervous during the Lie Chair activity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the class that Caleb encourages Conley to skip?

2. What did Conley do as a child with the cotton modules?

3. What is the name of the chair in which Love In Action participants take turns sitting in the final chapter?

4. How does Conley finally leave the Love In Action Program?

5. Where does Dr. Julie tell Conley that he can move?

6. What is the subject of Caleb's abstract painting?

7. What does Conley's father do to Conley when Conley was born?

8. What novel does Conley's mother read, at his suggestion?

9. What event do Conley and his mother attend on Saturday, June 12, 2004?

10. What is the name of the memoir that Conley's mother tries to read but does not finish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The chapter titled "Prisoner's Cinema" takes place during a flashback, immediately after Conley's father has found out about his son's homosexuality. Write an essay in which you describe this trip. Questions you might consider include: Why does Conley's father take him? How does Conley behave around his father? What is Conley's reaction to the jail and its inmates? Does the trip change Conley in any pronounced way? Use examples from the text to support your observations.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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