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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Upon what basis does Mel say homosexuality is attacked today?
(a) Gross misinterpretations of Scripture.
(b) Hatred of those who are different.
(c) Ignorance about why people are homosexual.
(d) Fear of God's punishment.

5. What does Mel pretend when he is younger?
(a) He is sickly.
(b) He is incompetent.
(c) He is adopted.
(d) He likes girls.

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

7. How old is Mel White when he hears a young seminarian preach at a church camp?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 16.
(d) 8.

8. What does Mel have to restrain when at camps?
(a) His outspoken hatred towards the church.
(b) His unspoken questions about religion.
(c) His desire to be physically close to other boys.
(d) His desire to be with a girl just to prove his normalcy.

9. Where does Mel meet Lyla Lee?
(a) At the roller rink.
(b) A college class.
(c) Middle school.
(d) High school.

10. What does Mel regret about his time during the civil rights era?
(a) Sitting on the sidelines.
(b) Not trying to become friends with blacks.
(c) Speaking out against civil rights for blacks.
(d) Not pushing homosexual rights when he worked so hard for black Americans.

11. What happens to Jeffrey eventually?
(a) He becomes an outspoken advocate for gay rights.
(b) He ends up in the state mental hospital.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He becomes a preacher and marries happily.

12. What does Mel say about Karen K. in retrospect?
(a) She is the woman he should have married.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She was in love with Mel.
(d) She is probably a lesbian.

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

14. What is the name of the Christian series that Mel created that was quite successful?
(a) Charlie Churchman.
(b) Jesus' Life and Times.
(c) Chester Goes to Pray.
(d) Mel did not do a series.

15. What does Mel say did not exist at the time of his attending church camp?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Gay rights.
(c) The religious right.
(d) Information for young gay boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Mel have in his mind from Noni's words?

2. What is one of Mel's first homosexual memories?

3. Who is Noni?

4. For what is Falwell known concerning the Civil Rights Act?

5. What does the seminarian say about masturbation?

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