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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, Adolescence—The Ghost of Fear.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does Mel have in his mind from Noni's words?
(a) The fires of hell.
(b) The light of heaven.
(c) The gifts of nature.
(d) None as she was not much of a speaker.

2. Why does Mel feel alienated in high school?
(a) Because his father was a preacher.
(b) Because he is shorter than most of the girls.
(c) Because of his attraction to boys.
(d) Because of his clumsiness.

3. How old is Mel White when he hears a young seminarian preach at a church camp?
(a) 16.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

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

5. What does Mel say his relationship to his father is like when Mel is younger?
(a) He felt afraid of his father.
(b) Close but Mel could not confide in the man.
(c) He felt alienated from his father.
(d) Very close.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mel pretend when he is younger?

2. Who is Peter W.?

3. What does Mel not know the origins of?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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