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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. Who is Karl Barth?
(a) A professor in Mel's seminary.
(b) Mel's therapist.
(c) A Christian theologian.
(d) Mel's hero.

2. Where does Mel begin to frequent?
(a) The monastery near his home.
(b) The large park near his home.
(c) The bus station.
(d) Club Baths.

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

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

5. The young seminarian invites questions about _________________.
(a) Sex.
(b) God.
(c) Heaven and hell.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mel's second boyhood male crush?

2. What does Ted confess to Mel one night?

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

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

5. In what religion was Mel raised?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lyla like in middle school?

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

3. What does Mel write about Johnny B.?

4. What happens to Mel's younger brother Denny?

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

6. How does Mel and Lyla's relationship develop?

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

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

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

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

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