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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. Where has Maria been living during her time away from the narrator?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. Where does the narrator find a job?
(a) Museum.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Magazine.
(d) Art gallery.

3. What type of operation does the narrator decide not to have?
(a) Foot.
(b) Cosmetic.
(c) Gallbladder.
(d) Sex change.

4. Eventually the narrator stops seeing ___________________.
(a) Denise.
(b) Marie.
(c) Chad.
(d) Dr. O'Reilly.

5. The affection and intimacy between the narrator and _________________ grows during this time.
(a) Maria.
(b) Lou.
(c) Annie.
(d) Max.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the apartment building's doorman tell the narrator's mother when she returns?

2. What happens to make the narrator forget all about his fantasy in #136?

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

4. Instead of going to grad school, where does the narrator go?

5. Why does the roommate move out of the narrator's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is the reality of Lou's life as an engaged man?

6. What are a couple of topics that Lou tries to educate the narrator on?

7. Who is Lou and how does the narrator meet him?

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

9. What does the narrator consider for his life after Paul commits suicide in order to leave a world that rejects people like him?

10. What eventually happens to Sean who is conflicted by his own identity?

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