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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. Why does Jason let go of Kyle's hand in the movie theater in Chapter 10?

2. What does Kyle say makes him feel like an alien?

3. What happens when Nelson's mother complains to the principal about the bullying Nelson experiences with Jack Ransom?

4. Who is Fenner Farley?

5. Why does Jason feel he cannot talk about his confusion about his sexuality with his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What magazine does Nelson give to Kyle? How does Kyle's mother happen to see it?

4. 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?

5. Why has Kyle not told his parents that he is gay?

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

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

8. What happens when Jason invites Kyle to the movies? How does Jason feel about this?

9. Why does Nelson become annoyed with Kyle when all he wants to talk about is Jason?

10. How does Jason respond after the homecoming dance when Debra tries to seduce him? What does he tell her?

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

What is the Gay-Straight Alliance? Why do Nelson and Kyle want to start a branch of the club in their school? What do they hope to do with this club? Why is the principal hesitant to allow the club at the high school? Is the principal biased against Nelson and Kyle, or are there other reasons for his actions? What does Nelson talk about at the school board meeting when he goes to argue for the club? How does this argument impact the decision of the school board? How do most of the kids at school react to the club? How might you react to such a club at your school?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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