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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. What happens during basketball practice in Chapter 16 that makes Jason wonder if he has become a target of intolerance?
(a) Someone steals his clothes from his locker.
(b) Someone purposely pushes him against the wall.
(c) Someone calls him a derogatory name.
(d) Someone fouls him during play.

2. Who does Kyle ask to attend a high school basketball game with him in Chapter 20?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Jason.
(c) His father.
(d) Jack.

3. Why does Shea refuse to repair her friendship with Nelson in Chapter 21?
(a) He is too self absorbed.
(b) Too much time has gone by.
(c) She is moving away.
(d) She no longer respects him.

4. How does Jason's mother react when Jason's father breaks his stereo?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She cries.
(c) She does nothing.
(d) She criticizes him and takes Jason out to dinner.

5. What reason does Kyle give for not reporting the harassing phone calls he has received to the school authorities?
(a) He can handle it.
(b) They will not do anything.
(c) He does not want to draw more attention to himself.
(d) He is embarassed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jason make the final decision to attend the meeting?

2. What change to Jason's future plans has taken place now that his father is gone?

3. Why is Shea angry with Nelson when he calls her in chapter 18?

4. Who leaves a note in Jason's locker in Chapter 13?

5. What item does Debra return to Jason when they break up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jason and his father get into an altercation over the volume of his stereo?

2. How does Jason respond to the kiss he has shared with Kyle?

3. Who approaches Jason in the final chapter of the book? For what reason?

4. How does Debra react when Jason tells her that he thinks he might be gay?

5. How does Jason's father respond to Kyle and Nelson? How does Jason deal with his father's reaction?

6. How does Kyle's father react to the fight in which Kyle has recently been involved? Why does this surprise and please Kyle?

7. What does Kyle say when he kisses Jason? How does Jason respond?

8. How does Nelson's mother respond to the information that Nelson had an unprotected sexual encounter? What impact does her response have on Nelson?

9. How does Corey react to the news that Jason is gay? What advice does he give Jason?

10. What happens when Jason comes across Jack Ransom and his friends fighting with Nelson and Kyle? How does Jason respond?

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