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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. Who visits Jason's home during the Christmas holiday?
(a) His Uncle Ramiro and Aunt Ana.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother's siblings.
(d) His older brother.

2. How does Jason make Jack Ransom leave Nelson and Kyle alone?
(a) He yells for help from nearby houses.
(b) He simply tells him to stop.
(c) He hits him.
(d) He threatens to call the police.

3. Why does Shea suggest Nelson has begun talking to an older man over the Internet?
(a) To look for sexual experience.
(b) To make Kyle jealous.
(c) To meet new people.
(d) To make up for not having a father.

4. Who is Dane?
(a) Shea's brother.
(b) Brick's boyfriend.
(c) Blake's ex-boyfriend.
(d) Kyle's ex-best friend.

5. Why is Shea angry with Nelson when he calls her in chapter 18?
(a) He did not buy her anything for Christmas.
(b) He missed her engagement party.
(c) He did not respond when she needed him.
(d) He forgot her birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the chaos in Jason's home during the Christmas break as described in Chapter 16?

2. On whose side does Nelson fall when Kyle tells Nelson about Jason's refusal to allow Kyle to sit with him in the cafeteria?

3. Over what television show do Kyle and Jason briefly bond in Chapter 14?

4. How does Nelson's mother react to the fight Nelson and Kyle got into with Jack and Jose?

5. Who comes to Jason's home in Chapter 22 to repair their relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Kyle's parents respond to a harassing phone call placed to their home in response to Kyle's involvement in the forming of a GSA club at school? How does this inspire Kyle to stand up for himself in an unusual way?

2. How does Jason respond to the kiss he has shared with Kyle?

3. Who approaches Jason in the final chapter of the book? For what reason?

4. With whom does Nelson go out in this chapter of the novel? What is different about this date than some of Nelson's other social encounters?

5. Why does Jason feel that his father's leaving is his fault? How does Jason's father compare to Kyle and Nelson's fathers in this novel?

6. What happens to Nelson that makes Jason feel the need to interfere? What does Jason do?

7. Nelson and his mother both speak at the school board meeting to support the beginning of a Gay-Straight Alliance club at the high school. What does Nelson talk about and what impact does it have on the board and those who oppose the club?

8. How does Kyle's father react to meeting Jason for the first time? How does this make Kyle feel?

9. What does Kyle say when he kisses Jason? How does Jason respond?

10. What does Nelson's father say to Nelson on the phone? What does this conversation suggest about Nelson's relationship with his father?

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