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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator spend a lot of time after Sean leaves?
(a) Bookstores.
(b) Jazz clubs.
(c) Coffee shops.
(d) Gay bars.

3. Where does the person in #124 find a job?
(a) Ad agency.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Publishing company.
(d) Stock brokerage.

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

5. What does the narrator do in his free time?
(a) Studies.
(b) Plays racquetball.
(c) Watches TV.
(d) Cruises for sex.

6. The narrator's relationship with Sean develops during the time that both John F. Kennedy and ______________ died.
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Ava Gardner.
(c) Jack Benny.
(d) Mickey Mantle.

7. What is the narrator unable to do?
(a) Sleep through the night.
(b) Continue his schooling.
(c) Finish his thesis.
(d) Stop having sex with men in bathrooms.

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

9. The narrator has lived for a year _____________________.
(a) as a happy man.
(b) as an intern.
(c) as a kept man.
(d) as a fat man.

10. Why does Lou tell the narrator that Lou wants to get married?
(a) To cure himself of homosexuality.
(b) To see what "normal" feels like.
(c) To be accepted by his family.
(d) To get promoted at work.

11. What do the narrator's parents consider a normal life for their son?
(a) Being whoever he wants to be.
(b) Being a doctor.
(c) Being an artist.
(d) Being heterosexual.

12. Lou and Maria both know that the narrator ___________________ Sean.
(a) has fallen in love with.
(b) has tired of.
(c) hates.
(d) is bored by.

13. While at the location in #177, the narrator learns that which celebrity has died?
(a) Humphrey Bogart.
(b) Judy Garland.
(c) Montgomery Clift.
(d) John Wayne.

14. What shocking news does the narrator's sister tell him during her visit?
(a) Their parents are reuniting.
(b) She is an alcoholic.
(c) She is a lesbian.
(d) He has been cut out of his father's will.

15. How much weight does the narrator lose?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) 40 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 25 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another reason that the narrator is having a better time being homosexual?

2. What type of operation does the narrator decide not to have?

3. The narrator realizes that Lou is addicted to ________________.

4. The narrator says that there was something genetic or psychological in his and his sister's makeup that __________________.

5. What will be the barrier to any relationship between Lou and the narrator?

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