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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 does Kyle tell Nelson happened to Shea in Chapter 21?
(a) She decided to go to Smith with Caitlin.
(b) She decided not to go to college.
(c) She broke up with Caitlin.
(d) She has a new girlfriend.

2. Who does Jason's mother initially believe might be responsible for Jason's sexuality?
(a) Kyle.
(b) His father.
(c) Debra.
(d) Nelson.

3. Why is Jason convinced that going to the first GSA meeting would be a mistake?
(a) He does not believe it will help anything.
(b) He is still afraid of losing his scholarship.
(c) It will reveal to the world who is gay.
(d) Everyone is making fun of it and those invovled.

4. What item does Debra return to Jason when they break up?
(a) A ring.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A necklace.
(d) His class ring.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jason go to Kyle's house in Chapter 14?

2. Why does Shea suggest Nelson has begun talking to an older man over the Internet?

3. How does Kyle tell Jason the fight began?

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

5. To whom does Brick reveal the apartment really belongs after his encounter with Nelson in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Nelson that makes Jason feel the need to interfere? What does Jason do?

3. Why does Jason feel that his father's leaving is his fault? How does Jason's father compare to Kyle and Nelson's fathers in this novel?

4. How does Nelson feel when his father fails to pick him up for their pre-arranged dinner plans?

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

6. With whom does Nelson go out in this chapter of the novel? What is different about this date than some of Nelson's other social encounters?

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

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

9. Nelson and his mother both speak at the school board meeting to support the beginning of a Gay-Straight Alliance club at the high school. What does Nelson talk about and what impact does it have on the board and those who oppose the club?

10. How does Kyle react to Nelson's confession of an unprotected sexual encounter? How does this situation impact Kyle?

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