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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 calls White and asks him to work on an important book when White is contemplating moving to be with Tom?
(a) Jerry Falwell.
(b) Pat Robertson.
(c) Oral Roberts.
(d) Billy Graham.

2. What is offered to White by a church in Dallas?
(a) Financial support for White to continue writing for gay writes.
(b) The position of dean of their cathedral.
(c) Financial support to defeat the measure in Oregon.
(d) Financial support until White can find another job.

3. What does Mel tell his parents after meeting Tom?
(a) Mel is gay.
(b) Tom is not the right mate for his sister.
(c) Mel is starting a campaign to keep Christians out of politics.
(d) Mel is leaving the Christian church.

4. What happens a year after White writes Falwell?
(a) White writes Falwell a second time.
(b) White receives a court summons by Falwell.
(c) White is married to Gary by Falwell.
(d) White has still received no reply.

5. To what church does Tom take White?
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Metropolitan Community Church.
(c) Unity.
(d) Congregational.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Finch?

2. When do Lyla and Mel file for divorce?

3. What group does Pat Robertson form?

4. What is the first book that Mel ghost writes for Francis Schaeffer?

5. What measure does the religious right push in Oregon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mel say that the religious right increasingly claimed and what was one of those claims?

2. Describe White's first meeting with Gary Nixon.

3. What does White say about attempts by gays to become heterosexual?

4. Why does White write a letter to Falwell? What is Falwell's response?

5. What does White say about working with Falwell on the book, If I Should Die Before I Wake?

6. What was Mel White determined to do after the end of his relationship with Tom?

7. Where do Gary and Mel move? With what decision does Mel struggle?

8. Who does White help in the 1970s among the rising Christian political movement?

9. How does White find peace in his new church in Dallas?

10. How does White handle his relationship with David as far as Lyla is concerned?

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