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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, 1964-1970, Learning About Friendship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Denny while Mel is still in college?
(a) He drops out of communication with his family.
(b) He goes to Vietnam and is killed.
(c) He dies from complications of an accident.
(d) He kills himself.

2. What does Mel pretend when he is younger?
(a) He is sickly.
(b) He is adopted.
(c) He is incompetent.
(d) He likes girls.

3. What does Ted do after he becomes enraged at Mel?
(a) Comes after Mel with an ax.
(b) Calls Lyla and tells her Mel is gay.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tells the camp director that Mel tried to force sex.

4. How does Mel describe his mother?
(a) Very religious but tolerant of other beliefs.
(b) She wore the pants in the family.
(c) Strong but passive.
(d) Wise and assertive.

5. What caused Noni's parents to conceive her?
(a) It was an accident.
(b) God told them to do so.
(c) Nothing is mentioned pertaining to Noni's birth.
(d) Her sister Ruth is killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who phoned the camp to have the young seminarian sent home?

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

3. How does Mel describe Noni?

4. How does a black shoeshine man influence Falwell?

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

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