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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. Where does White take his family in the summer of 1979 for vacation?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Europe.
(c) British Columbia.
(d) The Bahamas.

2. What does White come to believe about his sexual orientation?
(a) It is acceptable as long as he is celibate.
(b) It is something to celebrate.
(c) It is not God's perfect creation, but it is not condemned.
(d) It is acceptable as long as he is in a monogamous, marriage-like relationship.

3. What stories does White relate about gays who have tried to be "cured" of homosexuality.
(a) Stories about treatment akin to torture to force gays to change.
(b) He admits there are numerous stunning successes of gays being cured.
(c) Ones with tragic results.
(d) He does not know anyone who has tried to be cured.

4. What does Mel say David never misses?
(a) A new face at the bar.
(b) Mass.
(c) His coming out day celebration.
(d) A chance to laugh.

5. How do Mel's children respond to Mel's conflict?
(a) They believe he should leave Lyla and be true to himself.
(b) They are not really affected one way or the other.
(c) They are affected but do not know what the conflict entails.
(d) They think he is wrong to even thing about accepting his homosexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens a year after White writes Falwell?

2. What does Rushdoony argue the book of Leviticus authorizes?

3. What does Falwell and other evangelists use to further their own causes?

4. What is one of the first priorities of the Truth in Love campaign?

5. What does the religious right begin doing concerning homosexuality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the religious right try to push through in Oregon, and what does White do about it?

2. Where does White take his family in the summer of 1979, and how does he feel about the time spent there with Lyla?

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

4. How do Mel and Lyla stay connected, and what do Christian leaders say about White's new living situation? What does Lyla say in response to the Christian leaders?

5. What group does Jerry Falwell form, and who influenced his founding of it?

6. Who is David and how does White meet him?

7. What did White plan to do while scuba diving in Hawaii? What changed his mind?

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

9. What happens one night when White becomes too stressed about his life? What does he do after that?

10. How does White's parents react to his telling them of his homosexuality?

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