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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kyle's mother find on the floor of Kyle's room in Chapter 8?

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

3. Who wakes Kyle the next morning, in Chapter 8?

4. In what subject does Kyle offer to tutor Jason in Chapter 5?

5. What is Nelson searching for as his mother rushes him to get to school in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kyle happen to give Jason a ride home from school in Chapter 5? Why does Jason become annoyed with Kyle?

2. How does Kyle's mother ask about the magazine and learn about Kyle's sexuality?

3. Why does Nelson push the issue of he and Kyle sharing a kiss just for the experience of it. What does Kyle do when Nelson forces a kiss on him?

4. Why does Jason approach Kyle at school the following Monday?

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

6. Why is Jason hesitant to attend the Rainbow Youth meeting? Why has he come if he is so afraid?

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

8. How does Jason know that Nelson is gay? What does Jason think of Nelson?

9. Why do Nelson and Kyle want to begin a Gay-Straight Alliance at their high school? Who opposes the idea?

10. What conversation do Jason's friends have at homecoming that makes Jason uncomfortable?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is HIV? How is it spread? Why does Nelson have an unprotected encounter with an older man? Why does he panic when he realizes it was unprotected? What danger does this encounter pose for Nelson? How does Nelson feel about people who test positive for HIV? How does Nelson react when he learns that Jeremy is HIV positive? Does this change Nelson's opinion of those with HIV? Is HIV a reality of being gay? How do most people deal with it? How does Nelson choose to deal with it?

Essay Topic 2

How does Nelson feel about his father? How involved in his life is Nelson's father? Why does Nelson not appreciate the Christmas gift his father sends to him? Why does Nelson get angry with his father when they speak on the phone? Why does Nelson's father fail to show up to take him to dinner? How does his relationship with his father impact Nelson's emotional state? How does it impact Nelson's deep desire to be loved? How does Nelson's father show that he is not as supportive of Nelson's sexuality as Nelson's mother?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the following relationships in an essay, using quotes from the book to support your conclusions:

1) Nelson and his mother - Kyle and his mother

2) Nelson and Kyle - Jason and Kyle

3) Nelson and Shea - Nelson and Kyle

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