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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. Which is one of the works of literature that Conley is assigned to read?

2. What does Conley's mother suggest while at dinner with him?

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

4. What does Cosby say to Conley's mother?

5. How does Conley feel after taking down Mark's phone number?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is at the center of the stage of the church where Conley's father is to be ordained?

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

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

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

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

The seriousness of rape has generated a lot of interest in popular culture since the turn of the Millennium. Conley's rape by David affects Conley profoundly. Is his rape a turning point for Conley? How does he respond to it? Whom else does Conley tell about the rape, and how do those individuals react? Write an essay in which you comment on how his victimization affected Conley, and the extent to which it may have changed his attitude or the course of his life. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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