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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven, 1984-90, Giving Up the Ghost.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Mel resign his position with Evangelical Covenant Church?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1977.

2. When do Lyla and Mel file for divorce?
(a) June, 1980.
(b) October, 1988.
(c) March, 1986
(d) March, 1985.

3. What does Though I Walk Through the Valley concern?
(a) The idea of grace through works.
(b) The life of a young Vietnamese boy.
(c) The last year in the life of a dying man.
(d) The life of a well-known politician.

4. What does Mel regret about his time during the civil rights era?
(a) Not pushing homosexual rights when he worked so hard for black Americans.
(b) Not trying to become friends with blacks.
(c) Sitting on the sidelines.
(d) Speaking out against civil rights for blacks.

5. Who is Gary Nixon?
(a) A writer.
(b) A baritone in a choir.
(c) A gay rights lawyer.
(d) A bartender.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Mel and Lyla's children respond to the divorce?

2. What is Martin Luther King arguing at the time of Lyla and Mel's enrollment in college?

3. What two evangelists seem to be opposites in personality according to White?

4. What position does White assume at Evangelical Covenant Church?

5. What happens to Mel's career during the Seventies?

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