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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. At what kind of party does the narrator meet the man in #91?
(a) A retirement party.
(b) A wedding reception.
(c) A bachelor party.
(d) A Christmas party.

2. How can Ivan best be described?
(a) Morose.
(b) Sad.
(c) Pensive.
(d) Jovial.

3. With whom is Tex intimately involved?
(a) His landlord.
(b) His old girlfriend.
(c) His brother-in-law.
(d) A married man.

4. Betty and Kay reject ______________________.
(a) all religion.
(b) all boys.
(c) loud politicians.
(d) their parents' ideas for their lives.

5. Which of the following is NOT a part of his life that the narrator keeps separate?
(a) His fraternity.
(b) His religion.
(c) His psychiatric treatments.
(d) His sexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator "cruise" for men on campus?

2. The narrator comments that he is not particularly interested in _______________________.

3. What does the narrator wonder as he observes Tex and Morris?

4. Kay introduces the narrator to a Chinese woman described as a _________________.

5. Where does the narrator meet Maria during the Summer after they got to know each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Maria and the narrator feel about each other by the end of Chapter 4, and how do they act on those feelings?

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

3. With whom does the narrator have his first gay sexual experience and how does he feel about it afterward?

4. What role does Dr. O'Reilly serve in the narrator's life?

5. Why is the narrator the embodiment of sacrificing oneself for the sake of social acceptance?

6. How does the narrator's subway ride further alienate him from what he thinks is normal life?

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

8. Who are Betty and Kay and why does the narrator enjoy their company?

9. What is the double-edged sword of the narrator experiencing gay sexual activity?

10. Describe the narrator's first year experiences at college.

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