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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people does Leo guess he might have unwittingly exposed to HIV in the past six months?
(a) More than 100.
(b) 20.
(c) 80.
(d) 50.

2. What does Adam apologize to Eric for in Act Two, Scene Four?
(a) Using Eric to get to Toby to advance his acting career.
(b) Losing touch with Eric when he became successful in the play.
(c) Not making it clear to Eric right away that he and Toby were not involved.
(d) Leading Toby to believe that they would have a romantic relationship.

3. Why does the caretaker take Eric and Leo to the cemetery on the farmhouse grounds?
(a) To prove that she is not exaggerating about the number of men who died in the farmhouse.
(b) To get Eric's help in tending the graves and show Leo how to do it when he is feeling better.
(c) To share stories of the house's former owners and the property's long history.
(d) To share stories about the men who died in the farmhouse.

4. Who is the "Michael" mentioned in Act Three, Scene Two?
(a) The first man to die in the farmhouse.
(b) Leo's father.
(c) The caretaker's son.
(d) Eric's partner before Toby.

5. What or whom does Henry believe deserves the credit for solving the problem of the AIDS epidemic?
(a) Changing social mores around sexuality.
(b) Organizers and activists within the gay community.
(c) Free market capitalism.
(d) The United States federal government.

6. What is Toby's reaction after Leo's anger during their reunion?
(a) He goes for a drive.
(b) He gets drunk.
(c) He begs Leo to forgive him.
(d) He offers Leo money.

7. At the end of Part One, Act One, what does the reader learn about Toby's father?
(a) He abandoned the family.
(b) He physically abused Toby.
(c) He sexually abused Toby.
(d) He committed suicide.

8. Where does Leo assume he acquired the HIV virus?
(a) From one of the men at the parties on Fire Island.
(b) From Toby.
(c) From Henry.
(d) From one of the men has has slept with in exchange for drugs or shelter.

9. How much time elapses between when Eric and Leo run into one another at Toby's apartment and the scene where Leo wakes up next to a man he does not know?
(a) A few days.
(b) Nearly a year.
(c) A few months.
(d) A few weeks.

10. How does Toby die?
(a) He jumps from a bridge.
(b) He overdoses.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He crashes his car.

11. Why does Eric search through Henry's things when Henry is away on business?
(a) He has unanswered questions about the farmhouse.
(b) He is trying to learn more about Walter.
(c) He is looking for reassurance that Henry loves him.
(d) He suspects Henry is still seeing Leo.

12. What impacts Toby the most of all of the things he finds in the box of his parents' things?
(a) One of his childhood notebooks.
(b) A picture of his mother.
(c) A picture of Toby himself.
(d) A picture of his father.

13. How many men does the caretaker tell Eric are buried at the farmhouse?
(a) About 100.
(b) About a 150.
(c) Just under 300.
(d) More than 200.

14. What causes Adam to miss his performance?
(a) He decides to help Leo instead of staying to perform.
(b) He realizes that he needs to find out where Toby has gone.
(c) He cannot focus on anything until he gets himself checked for HIV.
(d) He is too disgusted with Toby to continue performing his play.

15. What does Toby feel when Leo expresses an interest in reading his novel?
(a) Suspicion.
(b) Panic.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic of the various owners of the farmhouse is most emphasized in the Prologue to Part Two?

2. What does Leo do each day during the beginning of his summer trip with Toby?

3. How old was Toby when his father died?

4. What is one of the most significant consequences of Henry and Walter's first sexual encounter?

5. What request does Leo make when he sees Eric's possessions arranged in the farmhouse?

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