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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of Hunton's sexual dalliance with Annie?
(a) She has a nervous breakdown.
(b) She marries him.
(c) She gets pregnant.
(d) She has an abortion.

2. Who treats Annie in the hospital emergency room?
(a) Dr. Bowlin.
(b) Dr. Shaw.
(c) Dr. Yohannes.
(d) Dr. O'Reilly.

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

4. What type of career does the narrator hope to establish?
(a) Artist.
(b) Therapist.
(c) Athlete.
(d) Writer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of music does Maria admit to liking while at a bar?

2. How can Ivan best be described?

3. The narrator feels like a/an ________________ to his life and family.

4. Which place did the narrator often visit across the street from the prep school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator want from his life and when does he become aware of these needs?

2. How does the narrator compare his life to the life of the Chinese woman he meets?

3. What does the narrator think about when he watches Tex and Morris interact?

4. How does the narrator categorize his life during his first year at college?

5. How did the struggle for acceptance and freedom for lesbians differ from that of gay men?

6. What does the narrator realize about himself over the course of the novel?

7. Why does the narrator long to be heterosexual, especially when he sees the irresponsible behavior of his heterosexual fraternity brothers?

8. Why did the narrator decide to study Chinese?

9. What are some of the themes addressed in "The Beautiful Room is Empty"?

10. What is the significance of Betty and Kay to the narrator's life?

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