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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mel not know the origins of?
(a) His desire to excel above everyone else.
(b) His desire to know God.
(c) His self hatred.
(d) His self confidence.

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

3. What is the name of the first book and movie Mel makes?
(a) With God, I Have No Enemies.
(b) My Enemies Will Never Smite My Soul.
(c) Enemies are Friends Waiting for God's Grace.
(d) In the Presence of Mine Enemies.

4. Who phoned the camp to have the young seminarian sent home?
(a) The Board of Education.
(b) No one.
(c) Parents of campers.
(d) The diocese bishop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of the Civil Rights issues in the United States, what does Falwell believe should be the Christian's focus?

2. When does Mel resign his position with Evangelical Covenant Church?

3. What does Mel's first film concern?

4. What position does Lyla hold in high school?

5. What is one book Mel writes soon after producing Though I Walk Through the Valley?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Mel and Lyla met.

2. Describe Mel's relationship with Gordon H.

3. Where is White called to become the senior pastor, and what does Lyla do at the same church?

4. Why does Mel not think it was unethical of him to marry Lyla when he returns from the Choir tour?

5. Where does White begin meeting gay men, and who is the "Dr. Smith" that White meets this way?

6. What does White say is Martin Luther King's belief about Christian involvement in social change, and how does White feel about his response?

7. How does Mel describe himself as an adolescent?

8. What was Lyla like in middle school?

9. What does White relate about Falwell and civil rights?

10. What is Mel's memories of a boy named Darrel at camp?

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