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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. The young seminarian invites questions about _________________.
(a) Heaven and hell.
(b) God.
(c) Sex.
(d) The church.

2. What does Mel not know the origins of?
(a) His desire to excel above everyone else.
(b) His self hatred.
(c) His self confidence.
(d) His desire to know God.

3. What is one of Mel's first homosexual memories?
(a) Swimming naked with a group of boys in third grade.
(b) Seeing a man in the woods with another man.
(c) Meeting his best friend in the woods unexpectedly.
(d) Dancing in an Indian dress.

4. Who phoned the camp to have the young seminarian sent home?
(a) No one.
(b) The diocese bishop.
(c) The Board of Education.
(d) Parents of campers.

5. What does Mel say to Jeffrey about Jeffrey's feelings of guilt?
(a) If Jeffrey feels strongly about something, he should speak his mind.
(b) Being gay is acceptable, but Jeffrey needs to be celibate.
(c) Masturbation is not a sin.
(d) His brother made his own choices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ted do after he becomes enraged at Mel?

2. What year is it when Mel is in the church camp listening to the young seminarian preach?

3. What does Lyla insist that Mel and she attend despite Mel's parents' objection?

4. What does Darrel do that made Mel think about the boy obsessively?

5. What image does Mel have in his mind from Noni's words?

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