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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. How does Mel describe himself in high school?
(a) Tall, dark haired, and clumsy.
(b) Short, dark haired, and gifted.
(c) Tall, blond, and gifted.
(d) Short, blond, and gifted.

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

3. Upon what basis does Mel say homosexuality is attacked today?
(a) Ignorance about why people are homosexual.
(b) Hatred of those who are different.
(c) Gross misinterpretations of Scripture.
(d) Fear of God's punishment.

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

5. Why does Mel feel alienated in high school?
(a) Because of his attraction to boys.
(b) Because of his clumsiness.
(c) Because his father was a preacher.
(d) Because he is shorter than most of the girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mel now consider his feelings of love for another man?

2. How does Mel describe Noni?

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

4. What is one reason that Mel finds for which Sodom was not destroyed?

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

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