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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. What does Raf mistake Paul for?
(a) An grown adult.
(b) A boy prostitute.
(c) A woman.
(d) A Dionysus.

2. The only thing Paul recalls about his body from his middle years is __________.
(a) His allergies to bees and wasps.
(b) How smelly his armpits became.
(c) How he cut his first genital hairs because he thought it was abnormal.
(d) The fear he will never mature.

3. How does Paul feel about his situation with Kite?
(a) He automatically feels there is something wrong and different.
(b) He feels like a rebel.
(c) It is secretive but exciting.
(d) He feels guilty.

4. What unlikely event does Grandmother Lamb do?
(a) Is an open lesbian.
(b) Remarry.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Live by herself.

5. What shameful act does Paul go along with to get on Jake's good side?
(a) Make fun of anyone who isn't white.
(b) Have one night stands with girls.
(c) Pull a prank on their other roommate.
(d) Make fun of gay men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Paul's major influence in defining manhood?

2. How is Paul received when he returns home over his first Christmas break from Yale?

3. What characteristic makes a student second class?

4. What comfortable bonding opportunities does Paul have with his father?

5. What is the biggest change Paul encounters in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jackie and Big Paul's reaction to Paul's magazine collection.

2. What qualities/characteristics attracts Paul to Kite? How does his upbringing influence his attraction to Kite?

3. What is Paul's reaction and determination as Sean spends more time with alone or with Amy during summer break in California?

4. What happens by the end of 8th grade that makes Paul more determined to hide his homosexuality? What is Paul's reaction to this event?

5. What does Bobby's education consist of? How does he show appreciation for the Marland sisters many years later?

6. Describe in detail what Paul sees as he gets his lunch by the sixth grade lockers. What is his reaction?

7. Compare and contrast how Alex and Paul handle being gay in Andover. What consequences are there for each of them?

8. What three things are against Paul when he enters Philips Academy? How does it tag him as a "loser" from the beginning?

9. Describe Andover, MA as Monette grows up. How does Paul's childhood neighborhood affect his decision to not come out with his sexual orientation?

10. In reference to Bobby and his father's relationship, Paul quotes "Let them be the male-bonded unit." Why does Paul italicize "them" in this statement? Where else in Chapter 1 is this italicizes reference seen? What does this indicate about how Paul really feels?

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