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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is notable about Betts and Buddy?
(a) They are professors.
(b) They are sculptors.
(c) They are authors.
(d) They are lesbians.

2. Who is another person the narrator seeks out for sexual relations?
(a) James.
(b) John.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Harry.

3. Who is Tex's friend who visits from New York City?
(a) Phil.
(b) Lester.
(c) Mike.
(d) Edward.

4. What is the narrator's current obsession?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Anonymous, promiscuous sex.
(c) Video games.
(d) Drinking.

5. The narrator pursues sexual relations with whom?
(a) Mick.
(b) Seth.
(c) Chad.
(d) Brian.

6. With whom is the narrator visiting at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Tex.
(b) Chad.
(c) Morris.
(d) Maria.

7. What is a powerful negative force in the narrator's life?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Shame.
(c) Doing drugs.
(d) Drinking.

8. The girl in #67 suffers from ____________________.
(a) agoraphobia.
(b) bipolar disease.
(c) an abusive father.
(d) schizophrenia.

9. In Chapter 2, the narrator is in his last year of ___________________.
(a) boarding school.
(b) junior high.
(c) grad school.
(d) college.

10. About whom does the narrator fantasize about sexually involved?
(a) Morris.
(b) Tex.
(c) Chad.
(d) Maria.

11. What does Annie do while visiting the narrator's parents' home?
(a) Backs the car over the cat.
(b) Spills a bottle of Scotch.
(c) Vomits in the kitchen sink.
(d) Sets the drapes on fire.

12. Which place did the narrator often visit across the street from the prep school?
(a) City park.
(b) Starbucks.
(c) Art Academy.
(d) Video arcade.

13. What is the nature of the narrator's time with the psychiatrist?
(a) For the narrator to get over his broken heart.
(b) To manage the narrator's fear of heights.
(c) For the narrator to become heterosexual.
(d) To talk about the father issues the narrator has.

14. Tex refers to himself as the narrator's __________________.
(a) conscience.
(b) mother.
(c) mentor.
(d) babysitter.

15. Who does the psychiatrist in #63 think is the only one who can cure the narrator?
(a) The narrator.
(b) His minister.
(c) His father.
(d) Dr. O'Reilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator spends an evening out with Morris and some other friends he realizes that _____________________ attracts negative attention from others.

2. How can Ivan best be described?

3. The narrator's feelings about his father lead the narrator to make judgmental comments about __________________.

4. With whom is Tex intimately involved?

5. Where does the narrator meet Maria during the Summer after they got to know each other?

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