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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Even though Cody and Natalie are not on great terms, why is Paul jealous?
(a) He knows they will still end up together again.
(b) Cody will always have someone loving him.
(c) Their emotions are present and real.
(d) Natalie still gets to go to bed with Cody.
2. According to Paul, what is taught rather than innate?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Bigotry.
(d) Morals.
3. How is Paul received when he returns home over his first Christmas break from Yale?
(a) Bobby is excited to hear about college from his older brother.
(b) Everyone is proud and brags about his Yale status.
(c) None of his friends even notice.
(d) His father feels Paul is growing up to be a man.
4. Why is Paul attracted to Cody?
(a) His brooding artistic style.
(b) Cody encourages Paul whenever he is feeling down.
(c) Cody allows Paul to be open about his feelings.
(d) His Greek godliness.
5. Where does Paul like to study with his friends?
(a) The graveyard.
(b) In the library.
(c) In the park.
(d) The greenhouse.
6. What shocking example does Paul recall that shows how the people of Andover feel about black people?
(a) The set fire that burns the home of the only black family in Andover.
(b) People kicked the severed head of a black boy that dies from a train accident.
(c) The graffiti on the black family's home.
(d) The public lynching that occurs not too far from his home.
7. What nice thing does Gus and Abbot do?
(a) Advocate for Bobby to enter rehabilitation.
(b) Build a cart for Bobby to move independently.
(c) Turn a new leaf and begin to defend Bobby and Paul from other bullies.
(d) Help organize a fundraiser for Bobby's medical bills.
8. Monette accuses which two public figures of being in the closet?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
(b) James Dean and William Holden.
(c) Roscoe Hillenkoeter and Walter Smith.
(d) Ray Cohn and J. Edgar Hoover.
9. What is Gus and Abbot's relationship with the Monette family?
(a) They work at Cross Coal with Big Paul.
(b) They are Bobby's doctors.
(c) They incessantly bully Bobby and Paul.
(d) Abbot has Spina bifida and Gus is his father. They are friends with the Monettes.
10. Why does Paul choose Elihu?
(a) It is the only one that accepts him.
(b) It is the most diverse and least preppy.
(c) Cody's advice.
(d) It has the most Apollos and Dionysus.
11. What does Paul turn to in order to be popular?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Making fun of others.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Idle gossip.
12. How does Paul collaborate with the enemy that makes fun of Jews?
(a) By adding to the jokes in order to belong.
(b) By ignoring their jokes.
(c) By targeting Jews to distract others from the topic of gay men.
(d) By laughing along to save himself.
13. Who does Monette compare gays' plight to?
(a) The Irish.
(b) Gypsies.
(c) Jews from WWII.
(d) African slaves.
14. While in high school, what does Paul dream of becoming as an adult?
(a) A screenwriter.
(b) An architect.
(c) A Broadway star.
(d) A fiction writer.
15. Whom does Paul call the "deviants?"
(a) Prejudiced Anglo-Saxons from his neighborhood.
(b) Homophobes.
(c) The Republicans.
(d) Straight men.
Short Answer Questions
1. Paul feels his entrance to Philips is the reverse of what movie?
2. Paul is inspired to do what while at Rye Harbor?
3. The only thing Paul recalls about his body from his middle years is __________.
4. What achievement does Paul acquire by the end of his sophomore year?
5. Finish the quote by E.O. Wilson: ". . . homosexuals may be the genetic carriers of mankind's ________ "
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