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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the kids at school dislike Nelson?
(a) He is a loner.
(b) He is unattractive.
(c) He is a bully.
(d) He is openly gay and flamboyant in his personality.

2. What overwhelming emotion does Kyle's mother admit to feeling in the aftermath of learning about his sexuality?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Fear.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Embarassment.

3. What does Kyle's mother find on the floor of Kyle's room in Chapter 8?
(a) A gay man's magazine.
(b) Kyle's cellphone.
(c) A failing math test.
(d) The yearbook.

4. What does Nelson give to Jason before he leaves the meeting?
(a) Kyle's phone number.
(b) His phone number.
(c) A flyer for a party.
(d) A button with a gay slogan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets Nelson and Kyle in the parking lot after school in Chapter 5?

2. Why is Nelson unhappy with his appearance?

3. Why does Kyle wish Nelson would not hang around him at lunch the Monday after the Rainbow Youth meeting?

4. What color dress does Debra wear to the dance in Chapter 7?

5. How many narrators are there in this novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nelson take a picture of Kyle with his Polaroid camera? How does Nelson feel about Kyle?

2. Why does Jason's teacher warn him that he needs to change his studying methods? Who does Jason turn to for help?

3. Who does Jason find himself thinking about while making out with Debra? How does this make him feel?

4. How does Kyle react to seeing Jason at the Rainbow Youth meeting? How does Jason react to seeing Kyle?

5. How does Kyle's father react when Kyle announces he is gay?

6. Who is Shea? How does Nelson know her?

7. Why does Nelson become annoyed with Kyle when all he wants to talk about is Jason?

8. How does Jason react when he sees Nelson in the Rainbow Youth meeting? Why?

9. What is one of the names that Jason's father often calls him? How does this impact Jason?

10. Why does Nelson suggest to Kyle that they experiment sexually with one another? How does Kyle react?

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