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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, 1962-1964, Learning to Tell the Truth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mel meet Lyla Lee?
(a) Middle school.
(b) A college class.
(c) At the roller rink.
(d) High school.

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

3. What word(s) sets Mel to researching the Bible about homosexuality.?
(a) Abomination.
(b) Unnatural.
(c) Shall not.
(d) Sodomite.

4. In what is Lyla totally uninterested?
(a) Having children.
(b) Dating other men before marrying Mel.
(c) The Bible study group Mel leads.
(d) Moving away from her home town.

5. Why does Mel feel guilty on his honeymoon?
(a) His attraction to the man he meets.
(b) He is pretending sexual interest in Lyla.
(c) He now realizes he is definitely gay.
(d) He has had several episodes of anonymous sex with men while on his honeymoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The young seminarian invites questions about _________________.

2. When do Mel and Lyla kiss for the first time?

3. Who dies ten years after he kisses Mel?

4. What does Mel say his relationship to his father is like when Mel is younger?

5. What is one of Mel's first homosexual memories?

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