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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one book Mel writes soon after producing Though I Walk Through the Valley?
(a) Tested by Fire.
(b) Jesus Tested by Fire.
(c) Soul Fired Up.
(d) Restoring the Passion.

2. What happens to Mel's career during the Seventies?
(a) His film-making and writing talents took off.
(b) He is ostracized by the film community.
(c) No change takes place during this decade.
(d) He has a slump and cannot find a job.

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

4. What is one reason that Mel finds for which Sodom was not destroyed?
(a) A volcano.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) Homosexual acts of its citizens.
(d) Bigotry.

5. Noni fights the war between ____________.
(a) Body and spirit.
(b) Christianity and paganism.
(c) Arrogance and humility.
(d) Heaven and hell.

6. What image does Mel have in his mind from Noni's words?
(a) The gifts of nature.
(b) None as she was not much of a speaker.
(c) The fires of hell.
(d) The light of heaven.

7. What question is Mel afraid to ask?
(a) Why sex is so difficult to discuss.
(b) Why he is only attracted to males.
(c) If homosexuals are really going to hell.
(d) Why God does not allow men to love men.

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

9. How does a black shoeshine man influence Falwell?
(a) By the man's faith in God that justice would be done.
(b) By denouncing Falwell to the man's shoeshine customers.
(c) By praying with Falwell in the airport.
(d) By asking to join Falwell's church.

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

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

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

13. How does Mel relate to Howard Rutledge?
(a) Mel feels trapped just as Rutledge did.
(b) Mel believes Howard is gay.
(c) Mel feels that God is the only way he is able to live.
(d) Mel feels conflicted as Rutledge does.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lyla go to school to earn?

2. What position does Lyla hold in high school?

3. Where does Mel begin to frequent?

4. What college does Mel attend for his doctorate?

5. What does Though I Walk Through the Valley concern?

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