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

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

3. What is Mel's major field in college?
(a) Biology.
(b) Communications.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Social Sciences.

4. What happens to Denny while Mel is still in college?
(a) He kills himself.
(b) He drops out of communication with his family.
(c) He goes to Vietnam and is killed.
(d) He dies from complications of an accident.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mel relate to Howard Rutledge?

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

3. Why does Mel feel guilty on his honeymoon?

4. Who is Karl Barth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mel's relationship with Gordon H.

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

3. Who is Peter W.? What does White write about the young man?

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

5. What do White and Lyla do when they return from their honeymoon?

6. What does White start to pursue concerning his feelings of attraction to other men?

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

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

9. How does Lyla become a Christian?

10. What movie and book does White produce while serving as the pastor of Evangelical Covenant?

(see the answer keys)

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