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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, College—The Ghost of False Hope.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who phoned the camp to have the young seminarian sent home?
(a) No one.
(b) Parents of campers.
(c) The diocese bishop.
(d) The Board of Education.

2. How does Mel describe himself in high school?
(a) Short, blond, and gifted.
(b) Tall, blond, and gifted.
(c) Short, dark haired, and gifted.
(d) Tall, dark haired, and clumsy.

3. Where does Mel go after he and Lyla become engaged?
(a) A national church choir tour.
(b) Back home.
(c) To Washington, D. C. to march for civil rights for blacks.
(d) To San Francisco to learn more about gay men.

4. What does Mel say his murdered friend preferred to risk rather than share his feelings?
(a) A failed marriage to a woman.
(b) The depression of celibacy.
(c) His family's rejection.
(d) Anonymous sex.

5. What position does Lyla hold in high school?
(a) Senior class president.
(b) Director of social affairs.
(c) Junior class treasurer.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mel pretend when he is younger?

2. How does Mel say he appears on the outside in high school?

3. What does the person whom Mel meets at the end of his senior year in high school do when he and Mel are walking to Mel's home one day?

4. What does Mel now consider his feelings of love for another man?

5. By whom was a friend of Mel's murdered?

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