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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, 1990-91, One Last Year of Silence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do many counselors encourage Mel and Lyla to do?
(a) Separate.
(b) Work things out.
(c) Divorce immediately.
(d) Wait at least a year to separate.

2. For what does Martin Luther King criticize Christian churches?
(a) Enjoying the riches of an unequal society.
(b) Condemning homosexuals.
(c) Promoting the status quo.
(d) Dragging their feet when it comes to social justice.

3. What does the religious right begin doing concerning homosexuality?
(a) Making increasingly false and outrageous claims.
(b) Preaching acceptance.
(c) Admitting that they were wrong.
(d) Lessening preaching about homosexuality.

4. How does Mel describe Noni?
(a) As shy and insecure.
(b) As outgoing and zealous.
(c) As quiet and humble.
(d) As open-minded and accepting.

5. What does White contemplate while taking scuba training?
(a) Nothing that he mentions.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Meeting other men through Scuba diving.
(d) God's mercy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Falwell initially get into politics?

2. What happens to Jeffrey eventually?

3. What is Mel's response to the movie, Zorba the Greek?

4. What does Mel's first film concern?

5. Why does Mel feel alienated in high school?

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