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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 Ms. MacTrough?

2. With whom do Jason and Debra attend the dance in Chapter 7?

3. What does Nelson give to Jason before he leaves the meeting?

4. What does Kyle say is the cause of his sexuality?

5. What magazine do Nelson and Kyle study in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jason's teacher warn him that he needs to change his studying methods? Who does Jason turn to for help?

3. How does Jason feel when his friends joke about Nelson and other homosexuals at their school? What does he do?

4. Why is Kyle worried about the questions his mother will ask about the magazine she saw in his bedroom? What does Kyle believe his parents' reaction to his sexuality will be?

5. How does Kyle's father react when Kyle announces he is gay?

6. What sport does Jason play? Why does Jason think that playing this sport and having a steady girlfriend makes it impossible for him to be gay?

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

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

9. How do Nelson and Kyle become friends?

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

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

Why is Nelson in a hurry to have his first sexual experience? With whom would he have preferred to have it? With whom does Nelson have his first experience? How does Nelson feel about this encounter? For what reason? How does Kyle react to what Nelson has done? Why is Nelson's behavior so dangerous? Would Nelson have behaved in a similar fashion if he were straight? Explain. Why is Kyle reluctant to have a sexual encounter with Nelson? How does Nelson feel about that? Does Kyle's reluctance add to Nelson's emotional state and reckless behaviors?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Kyle? How does Kyle feel about his own sexuality? Why is Kyle worried about people at school learning the truth about his sexuality? What does Kyle think will happen if people learn the truth? Why has Kyle not told his parents about his sexuality? How does Kyle think his parents will react to the news of his sexuality? Why does Kyle think this? What is Kyle's relationship like with his mother? With his father?

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