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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 does the narrator's mother go in Chapter 5?
(a) Europe.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) New York.
(d) Fiji.
2. The narrator evades being drafted into the army by ______________________.
(a) claiming to have flat feet.
(b) confessing that he is a conscientious objector.
(c) claiming that he has AIDS.
(d) confessing to his homosexuality.
3. The narrator's sister's homosexuality suggests __________________________.
(a) sibling rivalry.
(b) a genetic component to homosexuality.
(c) childhood abuse.
(d) a rebellious nature.
4. What will be the barrier to any relationship between Lou and the narrator?
(a) Lou is married.
(b) Lou is moving to Los Angeles.
(c) The narrator is too old.
(d) The narrator's self hatred.
5. The narrator has to take Lou to a backroom physician to treat _______________________.
(a) an intestinal blockage.
(b) a knife wound.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Diabetes.
Short Answer Questions
1. After Lou is engaged, he calls the narrator to tell him that ________________________.
2. Where does Sean eventually go?
3. Lou and Maria both know that the narrator ___________________ Sean.
4. The narrator realizes that Lou is addicted to ________________.
5. Where does the person in #124 find a job?
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. Why is the New York experience so important to the narrator's longing to be part of a community?
3. Who is Lou and how does the narrator meet him?
4. How are the narrator's parents portrayed in the book and what do they want most for their son?
5. How do the narrator's views of himself change according to whose perspective he is viewed in?
6. How does the narrator's decreasing shame mirror what is going on in the gay community in general?
7. What is the narrator's life like after he moves to New York?
8. What do the narrator's parents--and society in general--consider to be a "normal" lifestyle for their son?
9. What are a couple of topics that Lou tries to educate the narrator on?
10. How does shame get pushed aside in the events leading up to, and after, the Stonewall Inn raids?
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