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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Eric's reaction to Toby's email about his new play?
(a) He expresses concern and asks Toby to meet him at the farmhouse.
(b) He reminds Toby of the things Toby said at the wedding and asks Toby to stop contacting him.
(c) He promises to read the play soon and wishes Toby well.
(d) He tells Toby about Leo's condition and asks whether Toby feels responsible.

2. Why does Jasper not come to the Nutcracker performance?
(a) He has moved to London.
(b) He is busy at work.
(c) He is not speaking to Eric.
(d) He is traveling for the holidays.

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

4. While Toby and Leo are on vacation, what does Leo discover that makes him consider leaving Toby and returning to New York?
(a) Leo discovers that he looks just like Adam.
(b) Leo discovers that Toby looks down on him for being a sex worker.
(c) Leo discovers that Toby enjoys the idea of other men hurting Leo.
(d) Leo discovers that Toby is cheating on him.

5. What point is emphasized by the Clinic Worker's initial confusion about Leo's name?
(a) Health care resources for the poor are stretched thin.
(b) Leo has used assumed names at the clinic in the past.
(c) Leo's poverty makes him interchangeable with other poor young men.
(d) Medical personnel are callous toward the poor.

6. What does Leo do each day during the beginning of his summer trip with Toby?
(a) He invents new cocktails to amuse Toby.
(b) He goes to the beach to read.
(c) He works out with other men his age.
(d) He asks Toby when they can return to New York.

7. During the scene at the Free Clinic, what is revealed about how Leo has changed because of his relationship with Toby?
(a) He is now addicted to meth.
(b) He is deeply cynical about love.
(c) He is desperate for others' approval.
(d) He is now homeless.

8. When does the opening of Part Two, Act Two take place?
(a) Election day, 2017.
(b) Christmas Eve, 2017.
(c) Eric's thirty-fourth birthday.
(d) The morning after Eric's wedding.

9. What does Toby introduce Leo to during their summer trip?
(a) Hard drugs.
(b) Politics.
(c) History.
(d) Bathhouses.

10. During his Act Two, Scene Two conversation with Eric, what does Henry admit he feels guilty about?
(a) His reaction to Peter West and the other men dying at the farmhouse.
(b) Not loving Walter as he deserved to be loved.
(c) Not using his money to support the gay community.
(d) His decision to keep the farmhouse from Eric.

11. During their conversation about the Titanic, what is the "gold-plated lifeboat" that Tristan references (235)?
(a) Eric's HIV-negative status.
(b) Tristan's move to Canada.
(c) Tristan's upcoming marriage.
(d) Eric's marriage to Henry.

12. Why does Leo want to head north toward the George Washington Bridge in Act Two, Scene Four?
(a) This is the direction of Eric and Henry's townhouse.
(b) This is the direction of the theater where Toby's play is showing.
(c) This is the direction of Toby's apartment.
(d) He is planning to kill himself.

13. What is revealed by Toby's Part Two, Act One, Scene Three call to his agent?
(a) Toby's book is no longer selling very well.
(b) Toby has no idea what to write for his next play.
(c) Toby is becoming overly involved in the rehearsals for his play.
(d) Rumors have begun circulating about Toby's past.

14. What is Toby's follow-up play called?
(a) Lost Boy.
(b) Loved Boy.
(c) Golden Boy.
(d) Unloved Boy.

15. What is Henry's first concern when he learns that Leo is staying at the townhouse?
(a) That Leo will contaminate the guestroom that his sons use.
(b) That Leo will not be grateful for the help Eric can offer him.
(c) That Leo will get Eric sick.
(d) That Leo is trying to blame him for his HIV infection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose working conditions does Eric chide Henry over as Henry prepares to leave for his business trip?

2. When Adam reminds Toby of his declaration of love and unwelcome sexual advances, how does Toby respond?

3. Who was the first person to die in the farmhouse?

4. What is Eric looking at when he realizes what he wants to do with the farmhouse?

5. Who is Tucker?

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