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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. Why does the roommate move out of the narrator's apartment?
(a) He thinks the increase in rent is too high.
(b) He doesn't like how the narrator opens a jar of coffee.
(c) He thinks the building is too noisy.
(d) He prefers to live in a place with morning light.

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

3. Where does the narrator's mother go in Chapter 5?
(a) New York.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Fiji.
(d) Europe.

4. How does the narrator feel about the criticism of the person in #102?
(a) Eager.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Frustrated.

5. What kind of job does the narrator get in Chapter 5?
(a) Waiting tables.
(b) Loading transport trucks.
(c) Messenger boy.
(d) Museum guide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the narrator written?

2. Who is the temperamental roommate who the narrator has for awhile?

3. How does Lou feel about the idea of heterosexual married life?

4. Where does the person in #124 find a job?

5. What had the narrator intended to study in the graduate program?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the narrator's parents portrayed in the book and what do they want most for their son?

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

3. How can the raid on the Stonewall Inn be both a beginning and an ending of a gay rights movement?

4. What does the narrator come to learn about Lou and what factor will probably preclude his and Lou's relationship from becoming too serious?

5. Why does Sean's comment about a group of men having sex in a public restroom as being "subhuman" have a particular sting for the narrator?

6. How does the narrator's decreasing shame mirror what is going on in the gay community in general?

7. 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?

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

9. What is the narrator's life like after he moves to New York?

10. Why is Lou desperate to get married and how does the narrator help him?

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