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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. Who does Nelson hope to see at the Rainbow Youth party at Caitlin's house?

2. How does Jason make Jack Ransom leave Nelson and Kyle alone?

3. Why does Jason turn up the sound on his stereo in Chapter 13, causing his father to become angry?

4. Why is Shea angry with Nelson when he calls her in chapter 18?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 21, what does Nelson notice has changed about Kyle's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Nelson hook up with Blake at a Rainbow Youth party? What happens?

5. How does Kyle react to Nelson's confession of an unprotected sexual encounter? How does this situation impact Kyle?

6. How does Jason's father respond to Kyle and Nelson? How does Jason deal with his father's reaction?

7. What happens when Jason comes across Jack Ransom and his friends fighting with Nelson and Kyle? How does Jason respond?

8. Who does Nelson tell Shea he has been contacting over the Internet? For what reason does Shea suggest Nelson has been contacting this person?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the following relationships in an essay, using quotes from the book to support your conclusions:

1) Nelson and his mother - Kyle and his mother

2) Nelson and Kyle - Jason and Kyle

3) Nelson and Shea - Nelson and Kyle

Essay Topic 2

Why does Nelson grow jealous of Kyle's affections for Jason? How does Nelson feel about Kyle? About Jason? How does Nelson express his feelings toward these boys? Who does Nelson most often turn to for support? Why? Why does Nelson on two separate occasions try to convince Kyle to kiss him? How does Kyle react? For what reason? Why is Nelson insecure, afraid that he will never find true love? Where does this insecurity come from? How might Nelson learn to deal with this insecurity a little better?

Essay Topic 3

How does Nelson feel about his father? How involved in his life is Nelson's father? Why does Nelson not appreciate the Christmas gift his father sends to him? Why does Nelson get angry with his father when they speak on the phone? Why does Nelson's father fail to show up to take him to dinner? How does his relationship with his father impact Nelson's emotional state? How does it impact Nelson's deep desire to be loved? How does Nelson's father show that he is not as supportive of Nelson's sexuality as Nelson's mother?

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