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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, 1982-83, It's Going to Be All Right, Dad!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does White take his family in the summer of 1979 for vacation?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) British Columbia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Hawaii.

2. Who is David?
(a) A reformed bookie.
(b) An elderly, retired Catholic priest.
(c) A Spanish-American.
(d) A young Greek man.

3. What college does Mel attend for his doctorate?
(a) UC Berkeley.
(b) Stanford.
(c) USC.
(d) UCLA.

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

5. What does the seminarian say about masturbation?
(a) It is best to wait until one is married for sexual pleasure.
(b) The preacher does not bring up the topic.
(c) It is always wrong.
(d) It is a gift from God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ted confess to Mel one night?

2. To what church does Tom take White?

3. What does Mel see as destroying his family?

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

5. What group does Falwell form partly through the influence of Francis Schaeffer?

(see the answer key)

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