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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. Noni fights the war between ____________.
(a) Arrogance and humility.
(b) Heaven and hell.
(c) Body and spirit.
(d) Christianity and paganism.

2. What does Mel say did not exist at the time of his attending church camp?
(a) Information for young gay boys.
(b) Gay rights.
(c) The religious right.
(d) Homosexuality.

3. Whose symbolic child does Mel consider himself to be?
(a) No particular group.
(b) The Religious Right.
(c) The Hippies of the sixties.
(d) The Radical Left.

4. In what capacity does Mel serve in his high school?
(a) Captain of the football team.
(b) President of the Honor Society.
(c) Student body president.
(d) Captain of the basketball team.

5. What year is it when Mel is in the church camp listening to the young seminarian preach?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mel's second boyhood male crush?

2. What caused Noni's parents to conceive her?

3. What does Mel say his murdered friend preferred to risk rather than share his feelings?

4. What does Mel not know the origins of?

5. How does Mel describe Noni?

(see the answer key)

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