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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. How much weight does the narrator lose?
(a) 10 pounds.
(b) 40 pounds.
(c) 25 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

2. What had the narrator intended to study in the graduate program?
(a) Art.
(b) Education.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Business.

3. The narrator's sister's homosexuality suggests __________________________.
(a) a genetic component to homosexuality.
(b) sibling rivalry.
(c) childhood abuse.
(d) a rebellious nature.

4. The narrator's sister who lives in ______________ visits him in New York City.
(a) Chicago.
(b) Milwaukee.
(c) Portland.
(d) Phoenix.

5. How does the narrator behave during the event in #163?
(a) Very talkative.
(b) Hesitant.
(c) Boisterous.
(d) Anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eventually the narrator stops seeing ___________________.

2. What is the narrator unable to do?

3. The narrator says that there was something genetic or psychological in his and his sister's makeup that __________________.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe the narrator's sexual identity?

5. What does the narrator do in his free time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the author's using the present tense for scene in which the narrator engages in group sex in the subway restroom?

2. How does shame get pushed aside in the events leading up to, and after, the Stonewall Inn raids?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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