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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. Which of the following is NOT true of Lou?
(a) He hates being a homosexual.
(b) He has a limited passion for poetry.
(c) He desires only young lovers.
(d) He is schizophrenic.

2. What happens to make the narrator forget all about his fantasy in #136?
(a) He knows it would sadden his mother.
(b) He knows he would be convicted.
(c) He reads a disturbing journal of a man who had done it.
(d) He learns about the high cost of living.

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

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

5. The person in #102 instructs the narrator on how to be a better lover and a better ______________.
(a) athlete.
(b) writer.
(c) friend.
(d) singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator has harbored fantasies about ________________________.

2. The narrator sets Lou up with ____________________.

3. Who goes with the narrator to the city in #123?

4. The narrator has been accepted into a graduate program at what university?

5. What is one reason the narrator is having a better time being a homosexual?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the poverty-stricken lives of Betts and Buddy mirror the social deprivation during the times they lived through?

2. What happens to the narrator after Sean is gone?

3. Where does the narrator move to instead of going to Harvard where he has been accepted into a graduate program?

4. What is significant about the energy created among the men after the group sexual encounter in the subway restroom

5. How can Sean's "subhuman" comment be viewed in another context regarding the narrator's letting go of the shame he used to have for his behavior and desires?

6. Why is the New York experience so important to the narrator's longing to be part of a community?

7. What do the narrator's parents--and society in general--consider to be a "normal" lifestyle for their son?

8. What does the narrator experience for the first time after a sexual encounter in a subway restroom that he has never experienced before?

9. What is the significance of the narrator's sister's visit and her revelation of being a lesbian?

10. What changes the narrator's mind about having a sex change operation?

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