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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fourteen, 1993-94, Time for Doing Justice!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mel say his relationship to his father is like when Mel is younger?
(a) Close but Mel could not confide in the man.
(b) Very close.
(c) He felt alienated from his father.
(d) He felt afraid of his father.

2. What did White worry about concerning his family?
(a) They would be constantly harassed.
(b) They would turn away from the church.
(c) His coming out would destroy them.
(d) They would not accept him as a gay man.

3. Who dies ten years after he kisses Mel?
(a) Gordon H.
(b) The Roman Catholic priest.
(c) Mel's best friend in high school.
(d) Mel's second cousin who was gay.

4. How do Mel's children respond to Mel's conflict?
(a) They are affected but do not know what the conflict entails.
(b) They think he is wrong to even thing about accepting his homosexuality.
(c) They believe he should leave Lyla and be true to himself.
(d) They are not really affected one way or the other.

5. What happens a year after White writes Falwell?
(a) White receives a court summons by Falwell.
(b) White writes Falwell a second time.
(c) White is married to Gary by Falwell.
(d) White has still received no reply.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what basis does Mel say homosexuality is attacked today?

2. What happens when White speaks out about the measure in Oregon?

3. When do Lyla and Mel decide to separate?

4. How does Mel describe himself in high school?

5. What does White say in his letter to Jerry Falwell on December 24, 1991?

(see the answer key)

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