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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. Whom does Conley visualize sitting in the Lie Chair?

2. Why does Conley's mother make an appointment with Dr. Julie?

3. How old is Caleb?

4. What does Dominique cal her brother Charles?

5. What is the weather like when Charles, Dominique, and Conley leave the movie theater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Conley enter into his cell phone while on a trip with his mother?

2. On what pretext does Conley's mother bring him to the doctor's office?

3. What does Caleb tell Conley he should be?

4. What arrives in the mail to Conley's home in the beginning of Part II?

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

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

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

8. Why do Conley and his mother go to the Peabody Hotel?

9. What film does Conley go to see with his friends from college?

10. What unusual creatures do Conley and his mother see in the lobby of the hotel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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.

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