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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 is the name of the Christian series that Mel created that was quite successful?
(a) Charlie Churchman.
(b) Mel did not do a series.
(c) Jesus' Life and Times.
(d) Chester Goes to Pray.

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

3. What caused Noni's parents to conceive her?
(a) Nothing is mentioned pertaining to Noni's birth.
(b) It was an accident.
(c) Her sister Ruth is killed.
(d) God told them to do so.

4. How does a black shoeshine man influence Falwell?
(a) By denouncing Falwell to the man's shoeshine customers.
(b) By asking to join Falwell's church.
(c) By the man's faith in God that justice would be done.
(d) By praying with Falwell in the airport.

5. In what field does Mel begin a doctorate?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Education.
(c) Theology.
(d) Communications.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the seminarian say about masturbation?

2. How old is Mel White when he hears a young seminarian preach at a church camp?

3. What is Mel's major field in college?

4. Noni fights the war between ____________.

5. What does Ted confess to Mel one night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mel say about whom he might blame for his homosexuality and his feeling miserable as an adolescent?

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

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

5. What was Lyla like in middle school?

6. How does Mel describe himself as an adolescent?

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

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

9. What does Mel write about Johnny B.?

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

(see the answer keys)

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