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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has the narrator written?
(a) Novel.
(b) Screenplay.
(c) Play.
(d) Biography.

4. The narrator's sister who lives in ______________ visits him in New York City.
(a) Portland.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Milwaukee.

5. What is the narrator's last ditch attempt at appearing "normal"?
(a) Considering marriage to Maria.
(b) No more writing poetry.
(c) Working at a meat packing plant.
(d) Playing football.

6. Where do the narrator and the person in #124 live?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A brownstone.
(c) The YMCA.
(d) A hostel.

7. What does the narrator's mother give him before she goes?
(a) Country club account number.
(b) Keys to apartment.
(c) Keys to car.
(d) Credit card.

8. Where does the narrator spend his free time during this Summer?
(a) The beach.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) The library.
(d) A theme park.

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

10. After Lou is engaged, he calls the narrator to tell him that ________________________.
(a) he is moving away from New York.
(b) he wants him to be his best man at the wedding.
(c) he has cancer.
(d) he is the love of his life.

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

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

13. Sean becomes increasingly disturbed and ends up ____________________.
(a) in a mental hospital.
(b) killing himself.
(c) attacking the narrator.
(d) leaving the narrator.

14. How does Lou feel about the idea of heterosexual married life?
(a) He'll soldier through it.
(b) He hates it.
(c) He is anxious to begin it.
(d) He is scared of it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lou and Maria both know that the narrator ___________________ Sean.

2. Where does the narrator's mother go in Chapter 5?

3. What is notable about the woman in #139?

4. While at the location in #177, the narrator learns that which celebrity has died?

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

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