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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator spend time with Lou and the woman in #140?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) A gay beach.
(c) Bookstores.
(d) Lou's apartment.

2. The narrator's sister's homosexuality suggests __________________________.
(a) childhood abuse.
(b) sibling rivalry.
(c) a rebellious nature.
(d) a genetic component to homosexuality.

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

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

5. What will be the barrier to any relationship between Lou and the narrator?
(a) Lou is married.
(b) The narrator is too old.
(c) Lou is moving to Los Angeles.
(d) The narrator's self hatred.

6. How old is the narrator during this Summer?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 23.

7. The raid on the club in #177 marked the beginning of ______________________.
(a) the women's lib movement.
(b) the gay rights movement.
(c) the civil rights movement.
(d) anti-war protests.

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

9. What does Sean call a group of men he accidentally encountered having sex in a public bathroom?
(a) Predators.
(b) Opportunistic.
(c) Dreamers.
(d) Subhuman.

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

11. Where does Sean eventually go?
(a) To grad school.
(b) To Chicago.
(c) To his parents' home.
(d) To London.

12. The narrator has harbored fantasies about ________________________.
(a) moving to Europe.
(b) killing his father.
(c) becoming a woman.
(d) committing suicide.

13. Lou is jealous of ______________.
(a) Annie.
(b) the narrator.
(c) Max.
(d) Sean.

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

15. Who goes with the narrator to the city in #123?
(a) Annie.
(b) Chad.
(c) Vick.
(d) Lou.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother give him before she goes?

2. The narrator has lived for a year _____________________.

3. Why does Lou tell the narrator that Lou wants to get married?

4. What does the narrator come to realize by living in this new city?

5. Instead of going to grad school, where does the narrator go?

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