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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 Cosby say to Conley's mother?

2. What is the Love In Action logo?

3. Whom of the following does Conley not see at his father's ordination?

4. What did the grounds of the campus chapel formerly occupy?

5. What does Conley wear to his father's ordination?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Caleb tell Conley he should be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Homosexuality is described by Conley in the context of his memoir; however, it is experienced by several other individuals described therein. Write an essay in which you describe how Conley develops the theme of homosexuality through the lens of other individuals. Are their experiences similar or different? Write an essay in which you compare and contrast different people's experience with homosexuality, and how Conley uses their experiences to develop homosexuality as a theme.

Essay Topic 3

Conley has a few important friends and colleagues from many stages of the period of his life described in his narration (high school, college, and Love In Action). Select one individual who can be considered Conley's peer (i.e. not his parents) and describe both how their relationship develops, and how Conley is affected by the relationship. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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