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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, 1990-91, One Last Year of Silence.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mel believe about himself while in college?
(a) He could be gay and still have a good marriage with Lyla.
(b) He is proud and gay.
(c) He is straight and resisting temptation.
(d) He would understand everything better after becoming educated.

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

4. Who is Noni?
(a) Mel's sister.
(b) Mel's aunt.
(c) Mel's mother.
(d) Mel's grandmother.

5. Why does Mel think he was not being unfair to Lyla to marry her?
(a) He honestly loves her.
(b) He thinks she is a lesbian and not honest with him.
(c) He does think he is being unfair.
(d) He is forced to such action by a condemning society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mel say his relationship to his father is like when Mel is younger?

2. Where does Mel begin to frequent?

3. What is Mel's major field in college?

4. In what religion was Mel raised?

5. What group does Pat Robertson form?

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