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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest that he and Sean do together?
(a) Buy a condo.
(b) Go to therapy.
(c) Vacation in Provence.
(d) Move to Chicago.

2. Who is Sean?
(a) The narrator's co-worker.
(b) The narrator's boss.
(c) The narrator's neighbor.
(d) The narrator's new lover.

3. What does the narrator come to realize by living in this new city?
(a) There are many homosexual men.
(b) He still does not fit in.
(c) He misses his home.
(d) He wants to marry Maria.

4. Who is the woman with whom Lou has a relationship during this time?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Desiree.
(c) Misty.
(d) Malinda.

5. Instead of going to grad school, where does the narrator go?
(a) Paris.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York City.
(d) Miami.

6. The narrator is desperate to ___________________.
(a) graduate college.
(b) to move out of his mother's house.
(c) be a homosexual.
(d) fall in love.

7. Who is the temperamental roommate who the narrator has for awhile?
(a) A Russian dancer.
(b) A painter.
(c) An opera singer.
(d) A music composer.

8. What makes Maria threaten to end her friendship with the narrator?
(a) If he won't break up with Sean.
(b) If he won't find a better job.
(c) If he doesn't stop analyzing everyone.
(d) If he doesn't stop drinking.

9. What type of operation does the narrator decide not to have?
(a) Sex change.
(b) Gallbladder.
(c) Foot.
(d) Cosmetic.

10. To what city does Maria move?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Houston.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York City.

11. Which of the following does NOT describe the narrator's sexual identity?
(a) It is less shame-defined.
(b) It is less of a burden.
(c) It is agonizing.
(d) It is less of a dark secret.

12. What is the name of the gay club which is raided by police?
(a) Stonewall Inn.
(b) The Algonquin.
(c) Atlas Inn.
(d) Majestic Theatre.

13. What does the apartment building's doorman tell the narrator's mother when she returns?
(a) New fire alarms have been installed.
(b) Someone tried to break into her apartment.
(c) The air conditioning has been repaired.
(d) The narrator spends a lot of time with Lou.

14. The narrator has to take Lou to a backroom physician to treat _______________________.
(a) an intestinal blockage.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) AIDS.
(d) a knife wound.

15. What does the narrator realize about himself?
(a) He is artistic.
(b) He is afraid of conflict.
(c) He is wasting his life.
(d) He wants to live by himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator can see his past behavior as a manifestation of ______________ rather than identity.

2. What do the narrator's parents consider a normal life for their son?

3. What does Sean call a group of men he accidentally encountered having sex in a public bathroom?

4. Where does the person in #124 find a job?

5. What is one reason the narrator is having a better time being a homosexual?

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