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

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

3. What does Kyle's mother say he will never have because he is gay?
(a) True love.
(b) Equality.
(c) Children.
(d) Marriage.

4. What does Nelson think Kyle should do at school in Chapter 8?
(a) Paint a picture of Jason.
(b) Skip his classes.
(c) Ask a girl to the movies.
(d) Ask Jason out to the movies.

5. Why do Nelson and Kyle go to see Ms. MacTrough in Chapter 5?
(a) To discuss their college applications.
(b) To prepare for placement tests.
(c) To discuss their grades.
(d) To ask her to be the faculty advisor for the GSA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Jason's mother recently begun to refuse to buy for Jason's father?

2. What does Debra talk about during the dance that makes Jason unhappy?

3. What new hairstyle does Nelson get in Chapter 6?

4. Who gives Jason the item he is wearing in Chapter 4 of which his father disapproves?

5. What type of homework does Kyle's father help him complete in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jack Ransom corner Nelson and Kyle in the parking lot of the school? What is his intention?

2. How do Nelson and Kyle become friends?

3. How does Nelson respond to the news that Kyle is tutoring Jason in math?

4. Why does Jason speak to Kyle at school? Why does Corey warn him that being seen with Kyle at school could be dangerous?

5. How does Jason feel when his friends joke about Nelson and other homosexuals at their school? What does he do?

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

9. How does Nelson reveal some of his self-doubts while alone with Kyle in Chapter 6?

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

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