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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. How does Mel describe his mother?
(a) Strong but passive.
(b) Very religious but tolerant of other beliefs.
(c) Wise and assertive.
(d) She wore the pants in the family.

2. What year is it when Mel is in the church camp listening to the young seminarian preach?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1958.

3. How does Mel feel when Lyla asks him to dance?
(a) He feels trapped.
(b) He feels sinful.
(c) He has fun.
(d) He is self conscious.

4. How does Mel describe his father?
(a) A kind, gentle giant.
(b) A self-made man.
(c) An agnostic.
(d) An aggressive but wise man.

5. What does Mel say his relationship to his father is like when Mel is younger?
(a) Very close.
(b) He felt afraid of his father.
(c) He felt alienated from his father.
(d) Close but Mel could not confide in the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mel use in order to cure his homosexuality?

2. In what capacity does Mel serve in his high school?

3. What college does Mel attend for his doctorate?

4. In what field does Mel begin a doctorate?

5. What does the seminarian say about masturbation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jeffrey S. and what is his story?

2. Why does White decide to go to Fuller Theological Seminary?

3. What does Mel write about Johnny B.?

4. What happens to White's career in the 1970s?

5. How does Lyla become a Christian?

6. How does Mel try to avoid being discovered as being gay?

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

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

9. From where does Mel say his self hatred arose?

10. What does Mel White recall about a young seminarian who preached at a church camp Mel attends when he is twelve?

(see the answer keys)

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