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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new hairstyle does Nelson get in Chapter 6?

2. What does Jack Ransom do to Nelson to be sentenced to court probation?

3. What is one of the nicknames students have for Ms. MacTrough?

4. Who brings up the subject of girlfriends at Kyle's family Thanksgiving celebration?

5. What does Nelson give to Jason before he leaves the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the names that Jason's father often calls him? How does this impact Jason?

2. How does Kyle's mother ask about the magazine and learn about Kyle's sexuality?

3. How does Jason feel when his friends joke about Nelson and other homosexuals at their school? What does he do?

4. How does Nelson respond to the news that Kyle is tutoring Jason in math?

5. How do Nelson and Kyle become friends?

6. What is it like when Jason is alone with Kyle for a study session? What do they talk about?

7. Why does Nelson push the issue of he and Kyle sharing a kiss just for the experience of it. What does Kyle do when Nelson forces a kiss on him?

8. Why does Jason approach Kyle at school the following Monday?

9. Who is Jack Ransom? Why does he dislike Nelson?

10. Who compliments Nelson on his hair during the following school day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What makes Jason think that his father will not be supportive of his sexuality? How does Jason know how his father will react? Where does this behavior more than likely come from? How does Jason's mother treat him? Is she accepting of his sexuality? Why does Jason's mother join Al-Anon? What is Al-Anon designed to do for people? What does this say about Jason's home life? What does Jason hope will allow him to escape the situation at home? What threatens this escape plan?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following relationships in detail, using quotes from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Jason and Debra

2) Jason and Kyle

3) Kyle and his father.

Essay Topic 3

Why is Nelson in a hurry to have his first sexual experience? With whom would he have preferred to have it? With whom does Nelson have his first experience? How does Nelson feel about this encounter? For what reason? How does Kyle react to what Nelson has done? Why is Nelson's behavior so dangerous? Would Nelson have behaved in a similar fashion if he were straight? Explain. Why is Kyle reluctant to have a sexual encounter with Nelson? How does Nelson feel about that? Does Kyle's reluctance add to Nelson's emotional state and reckless behaviors?

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