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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, Adolescence—The Ghost of Fear.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Says mean things to Mel.
(d) Kisses Mel.

3. What does Mel say his relationship to his father is like when Mel is younger?
(a) Very close.
(b) He felt alienated from his father.
(c) He felt afraid of his father.
(d) Close but Mel could not confide in the man.

4. What does Mel say his murdered friend preferred to risk rather than share his feelings?
(a) The depression of celibacy.
(b) A failed marriage to a woman.
(c) Anonymous sex.
(d) His family's rejection.

5. How does Mel describe his mother?
(a) Wise and assertive.
(b) Strong but passive.
(c) She wore the pants in the family.
(d) Very religious but tolerant of other beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mel have to restrain when at camps?

2. What caused Noni's parents to conceive her?

3. What word(s) sets Mel to researching the Bible about homosexuality.?

4. Why does Mel feel alienated in high school?

5. Who is Noni?

(see the answer key)

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