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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. In what religion was Mel raised?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Evangelical nondenominational churches.
(d) Roman Catholic.

2. Who is Peter W.?
(a) The third male that Mel has a crush on when younger.
(b) Mel's first real lover.
(c) The author of a book about the sexual ways men get together.
(d) Mel's pastor who excoriates Mel for Mel's revelations.

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

4. What does Mel have to restrain when at camps?
(a) His desire to be with a girl just to prove his normalcy.
(b) His unspoken questions about religion.
(c) His desire to be physically close to other boys.
(d) His outspoken hatred towards the church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mel describe his father?

2. What does Mel say he now knows about his attraction to boys?

3. Who is Mel's second boyhood male crush?

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

5. Why does Mel feel alienated in high school?

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