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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. Who is applying to colleges, as discussed in Chapter 6?

2. What is the subject of the Rainbow Youth meeting the day Jason attends?

3. What bothers Jason about his intimate relationship with Debra, as he expresses in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Kyle blame for the way Jason abruptly leaves the Rainbow Youth meeting?

5. When doers Kyle first realize he is different from other boys his age?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a Gay-Straight Alliance? What is its purpose?

3. Who is Jack Ransom? Why does he dislike Nelson?

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

5. Why is Nelson bothered by Kyle's crush on Jason?

6. 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?

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

8. How do Nelson and Kyle become friends?

9. How does Jason feel about his girlfriend, Debra? How do these feelings complicate Jason's impression that he might be gay?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Jason? Why does he attend the Rainbow Youth meeting in the first chapter of the book? What does Jason think he will get out of the meeting? Does Jason think he is gay? Why does Jason keep insisting to himself that he might be bisexual, but not gay? What is the difference? Why is this difference important to Jason? How does Jason react when he sees two boys from school at the meeting? Why is Jason unhappy for these boys to see him? What does Jason think will happen if these boys tell anyone what they saw?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in an essay, using quotes from the novel to support any conclusions:

1) Point of View

2) Language

3) Setting

4) Structure

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