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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the Rainbow Youth meeting the day Jason attends?
(a) What it means to be gay.
(b) Protecting against HIV.
(c) How to meet singles.
(d) Coming out.

2. Who is Debra?
(a) Jason's girlfriend.
(b) Jason's sister.
(c) Jason's mother.
(d) Jason's cousin.

3. What kind of organization does Debra say Nelson wants to start at the high school?
(a) A teen court group.
(b) A Gay-Straight Alliance.
(c) A Gay dating group.
(d) A Rainbow Youth club.

4. What drawing does Jason's sister show to him in Chapter 4?
(a) A drawing of Debra.
(b) A drawing of him.
(c) A drawing of the family cat.
(d) A drawing of the family, minus their father.

5. What question does Kyle fail to answer in the parking lot after school when he and Nelson are approached by a small group of people?
(a) Whether he is Nelson's friend.
(b) Whether he wants to join the GSA.
(c) Whether he is a member of the Rainbow Youth.
(d) Whether he is gay.

6. Where does Jason hear about Rainbow Youth?
(a) In the local newspaper.
(b) From a friend.
(c) In the school paper.
(d) On the Internet.

7. How many narrators are there in this novel?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

8. With whom does Nelson's mother suggest Nelson is in love in Chapter 6?
(a) Kyle.
(b) Brick.
(c) Jason.
(d) Blake.

9. What does Debra talk about during the dance that makes Jason unhappy?
(a) Her sex life and her plans for the future.
(b) Jason's sexual confusion and their plans for the future.
(c) Nelson and her sex life with Jason.
(d) Nelson and Kyle.

10. What does Jack Ransom do to Nelson to be sentenced to court probation?
(a) Punches him in the locker room.
(b) Ties him to a flag pole, naked.
(c) Kicks him and shoves his face in the toilet.
(d) Knocks his lunch tray from his hands.

11. Where do Jason and Debra park after the dance in Chapter 7?
(a) In a deserted parking lot.
(b) Outside her house.
(c) A deserted country road.
(d) The golf course.

12. In what subject does Kyle offer to tutor Jason in Chapter 5?
(a) Math.
(b) English.
(c) Science.
(d) History.

13. What makes Jason think he might be gay, or possibly bisexual?
(a) Thoughts of Kyle.
(b) Fear of intimacy with his girlfriend.
(c) An attraction to Nelson.
(d) Dreams about naked men.

14. What is a brownstone?
(a) Slang for gravel.
(b) A type of building.
(c) A geological artifact.
(d) A type of precious stone.

15. What if PFLAG?
(a) An organization for student athletes.
(b) An organization for parents of gays and lesbians.
(c) An organization for parents of athletes.
(d) An organization for gays and lesbians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kyle's father show him when he gets home in Chapter 2?

2. Who is Fenner Farley?

3. What does Kyle reveal to his father that he has always disliked in Chapter 11?

4. What does Kyle suggest is the only cause of bullying Nelson suffers at the high school?

5. Why does Kyle choose to join the swim team?

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