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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, 1962-1964, Learning to Tell the Truth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Mel meet around the end of his senior year in high school?
(a) A gay college professor.
(b) Gordon H.
(c) A gay pastor who is in the closet.
(d) An openly gay Roman Catholic priest.

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

3. What does Mel say about Karen K. in retrospect?
(a) She is probably a lesbian.
(b) She was in love with Mel.
(c) She is the woman he should have married.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does Mel say he now knows about his attraction to boys?
(a) He was mistaken about his attraction because a boy and not a girl was kind to him.
(b) He was mislead by an older man.
(c) He knows it was not real when he was younger.
(d) It was not anything he did wrong for it to occur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Martin Luther King arguing at the time of Lyla and Mel's enrollment in college?

2. When do Mel and Lyla kiss for the first time?

3. Where do Lyla and Mel enroll for college?

4. In what field does Mel begin a doctorate?

5. In what religion was Mel raised?

(see the answer key)

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