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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Phyliss Hart?
(a) The woman who saves White when he is drowning in Hawaii.
(b) Lyla's best friend and confidante.
(c) A theologian.
(d) A psychologist at Fuller Theological Seminary.

2. Where does White take his family in the summer of 1979 for vacation?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Europe.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) British Columbia.

3. What does Mel say his family could not do?
(a) Protect him.
(b) Accept him.
(c) Meet all his needs.
(d) Give him any insight.

4. For what does White praise President Clinton?
(a) He does not praise Clinton.
(b) He makes it possible for gays to serve in the military.
(c) He has many open gays on his staff.
(d) Clinton proposed a Federal marriage bill for gays.

5. What is one of the first priorities of the Truth in Love campaign?
(a) Filing law suits.
(b) Gathering data.
(c) Holding gays accountable.
(d) Getting the spread of AIDS under control.

6. What does Mel tell his parents after meeting Tom?
(a) Mel is gay.
(b) Tom is not the right mate for his sister.
(c) Mel is starting a campaign to keep Christians out of politics.
(d) Mel is leaving the Christian church.

7. What is the first book that Mel ghost writes for Francis Schaeffer?
(a) How Should Christians Behave.
(b) Gays and Christianity.
(c) Christian Response to the Left-Wing Minority.
(d) How Should We Then Live.

8. What measure does the religious right push in Oregon?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 3.

9. What two evangelists seem to be opposites in personality according to White?
(a) Falwell and Oral Roberts.
(b) Billy Graham and Oral Roberts.
(c) Billy Graham and Pat Robertson.
(d) Falwell and Pat Robertson.

10. Why does Falwell initially get into politics?
(a) To draw attention to his church.
(b) To speak out against communism, abortion, and divorce.
(c) To eventually make a bid for governor.
(d) To force left-wing politicians to rein in their political strategies.

11. What does White contemplate while taking scuba training?
(a) God's mercy.
(b) Nothing that he mentions.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Meeting other men through Scuba diving.

12. What stories does White relate about gays who have tried to be "cured" of homosexuality.
(a) He admits there are numerous stunning successes of gays being cured.
(b) Stories about treatment akin to torture to force gays to change.
(c) He does not know anyone who has tried to be cured.
(d) Ones with tragic results.

13. Who is Tom Montgomery?
(a) Mel's lawyer.
(b) A man Mel meets in a gay bar.
(c) Mel's spiritual adviser.
(d) Mel's brother-in-law.

14. What is ACT-UP?
(a) A radical, homosexual advocacy group.
(b) A group of homosexuals who believe people should stay in the closet.
(c) A group of Christian men against homosexuality.
(d) A group of Christian trying to get an anti-sodomy law re-enacted.

15. Why is White confused at the Cathedral of Hope?
(a) They conduct a liturgical, formal worship service.
(b) There are several different pastors.
(c) There are many heterosexuals who attend.
(d) They use books from several denominations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comparison does White continue to point out?

2. With whom does White work on If I Should Die Before I Wake?

3. What do many counselors encourage Mel and Lyla to do?

4. Which of the evangelists agree to meet with White?

5. What does Robertson and others of the religious right tell White he could do?

(see the answer keys)

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