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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Mel and Lyla kiss for the first time?
(a) On a small boat.
(b) After the marriage ceremony of Lyla's sister.
(c) On Lyla's 21st birthday.
(d) On Mel's 21st birthday.

2. What does Lyla go to school to earn?
(a) A degree in social work.
(b) A degree in nursing.
(c) Certification as a dental technician.
(d) A degree in education.

3. What does Mel's first film concern?
(a) A woman who was in a street gang who becomes a Christian.
(b) A Christian gay man who changes to become heterosexual.
(c) A Christian survivor of imprisonment during Vietnam.
(d) A man who was in a street gang who becomes a Christian.

4. Who is Peter W.?
(a) The author of a book about the sexual ways men get together.
(b) The third male that Mel has a crush on when younger.
(c) Mel's pastor who excoriates Mel for Mel's revelations.
(d) Mel's first real lover.

5. How is Mel able to perform sexually with Lyla?
(a) By taking a stimulant.
(b) He is able to because he loves her.
(c) By praying for help from God.
(d) By fantasizing as they are making love.

6. What does Mel worry would happen in the locker room?
(a) He would get an erection.
(b) He would be caught making out with another boy.
(c) He would be bullied.
(d) He would be caught staring at the other boys.

7. For what is Falwell known concerning the Civil Rights Act?
(a) Falwell asked his congressman to sponsor the bill.
(b) Falwell was neutral on the Civil Rights Act.
(c) Falwell circulated a petition for passage of the Act.
(d) Falwell strongly opposed the Civil Rights Act at first.

8. When do Mel and Lyla begin dating?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1958.

9. When do Mel and Lyla marry?
(a) 1968.
(b) Never.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1962.

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

11. Where do Lyla and Mel enroll for college?
(a) Warner Pacific.
(b) Los Altos Community.
(c) Stanford.
(d) UCLA.

12. For what does Martin Luther King criticize Christian churches?
(a) Dragging their feet when it comes to social justice.
(b) Promoting the status quo.
(c) Condemning homosexuals.
(d) Enjoying the riches of an unequal society.

13. What position does White assume at Evangelical Covenant Church?
(a) Senior Pastor.
(b) Choir Director.
(c) Teen Programs Director.
(d) Junior Pastor.

14. Why does Mel feel obligated to evangelize others?
(a) He believes God told him personally to do so.
(b) He is afraid of others going to hell.
(c) He believes he will earn his way to heaven that way.
(d) His parents and family uses guilt to pressure him to do so.

15. How does Mel describe Noni?
(a) As quiet and humble.
(b) As open-minded and accepting.
(c) As outgoing and zealous.
(d) As shy and insecure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ted do after he becomes enraged at Mel?

2. What does Mel say he now knows about his attraction to boys?

3. Noni fights the war between ____________.

4. What does Mel have to restrain when at camps?

5. When do Lyla and Mel marry?

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