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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 spend time with Lou and the woman in #140?
(a) Lou's apartment.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Bookstores.
(d) A gay beach.

2. What has happened recently to Buddy and Betts?
(a) They have moved to Europe.
(b) They run an organic produce store.
(c) They have both died.
(d) They have started a magazine.

3. The narrator says that there was something genetic or psychological in his and his sister's makeup that __________________.
(a) made them bipolar.
(b) made them angry.
(c) made them schizophrenic.
(d) made them gay.

4. What is one reason the narrator is having a better time being a homosexual?
(a) He is in a city which is more open to alternative lifestyles.
(b) He is more mature now.
(c) He has no more contact with his father.
(d) His body is more attractive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator is angry when the magazine he works for publishes an article denouncing ______________________.

2. While at the location in #177, the narrator learns that which celebrity has died?

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

4. How does the narrator behave during the event in #163?

5. Where does the narrator find a job?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the narrator's views of himself change according to whose perspective he is viewed in?

4. 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?

5. How does the relationship between Maria and the narrator change when she moves to New York?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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