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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kyle's father show him when he gets home in Chapter 2?
(a) Tickets to Cats.
(b) Tickets to the circus.
(c) Tickets to the Redskins game the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
(d) Tickets to an amusement park.

2. What color does Nelson dye his hair?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

3. What does Kyle reveal he was afraid his parents would do when they learned about his sexuality?
(a) They would stop loving him.
(b) They would physically harm him.
(c) They would disown him.
(d) That they would kick him out.

4. Why does Kyle not tell his mother what is on his mind in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) He does not want to disappoint her.
(b) He is afraid how she might respond.
(c) He wants to see how it progresses first.
(d) She does not know he is gay.

5. Why does Jason not want to talk about what happened between he and Kyle in the theater?
(a) He does not want to lead Kyle on.
(b) He wants Kyle to bring it up.
(c) He thinks there is nothing to talk about.
(d) He wants to pretend it did not happen.

6. With whom do Jason and Debra attend the dance in Chapter 7?
(a) Nelson and Kyle.
(b) Corey and Cindy.
(c) Shea and Caitlin.
(d) Jack and Lisa.

7. Who is applying to colleges, as discussed in Chapter 6?
(a) Caitlin.
(b) Shea.
(c) Kyle.
(d) Blake.

8. What type of friends does Kyle's father wish Kyle had?
(a) Athletes.
(b) Artists.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Popular kids.

9. When doers Kyle first realize he is different from other boys his age?
(a) When he first sees Jason.
(b) When his father first takes him to see a sports game.
(c) When he is very young.
(d) When he meets Nelson.

10. Why does Kyle wish Nelson would not hang around him at lunch the Monday after the Rainbow Youth meeting?
(a) He is embarrassed by Nelson's appearance.
(b) So Jason will feel free to talk to him.
(c) So no one will figure out he is gay.
(d) He no longer wishes to be friends with Nelson.

11. What bothers Jason about his intimate relationship with Debra, as he expresses in Chapter 4?
(a) He is not attracted to her.
(b) She never seems interested.
(c) He always makes the moves.
(d) She seems overly interested.

12. What does Nelson say is the purpose of the new club he and Kyle want to start at the high school?
(a) To promote tolerance.
(b) To give gays a social outlet.
(c) To provide dating services for all students.
(d) To raise money for athletic clubs.

13. Who does Kyle's father blame for Kyle's idea that he is gay?
(a) Nelson.
(b) The school system.
(c) Jason.
(d) His mother.

14. 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 wants to join the GSA.
(b) Whether he is gay.
(c) Whether he is a member of the Rainbow Youth.
(d) Whether he is Nelson's friend.

15. What does Kyle say is the cause of his sexuality?
(a) The media.
(b) Sexual abuse by an aunt.
(c) He was born that way.
(d) His relationship with his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Caitlin?

2. From whom does Nelson crave attention as he states in Chapter 3?

3. What does Nelson give to Jason before he leaves the meeting?

4. Why is Kyle unsure about keeping the magazine at his house?

5. To what is Fenner Farley opposed in Chapter 11?

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