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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, College—The Ghost of False Hope.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what capacity does Mel serve in his high school?
(a) President of the Honor Society.
(b) Captain of the basketball team.
(c) Student body president.
(d) Captain of the football team.

2. What does Darrel do that made Mel think about the boy obsessively?
(a) Touches Mel while they were swimming.
(b) Dances with Mel.
(c) Kisses Mel.
(d) Says mean things to Mel.

3. What does Lyla insist that Mel and she attend despite Mel's parents' objection?
(a) College graduation.
(b) The senior prom.
(c) Lyla's debutante ball.
(d) A family reunion.

4. For what does Jeffrey S. feel guilty?
(a) Masturbating.
(b) Speaking out against the church and their stand on homosexuality.
(c) Being gay and acting upon it.
(d) Condemning his gay brother who then killed himself.

5. What year is it when Mel is in the church camp listening to the young seminarian preach?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1960.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position does Lyla hold in high school?

3. What does Mel say about Karen K. in retrospect?

4. What does Mel worry would happen in the locker room?

5. What does Mel not know the origins of?

(see the answer key)

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