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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. Why does Mel feel obligated to evangelize others?
(a) His parents and family uses guilt to pressure him to do so.
(b) He is afraid of others going to hell.
(c) He believes he will earn his way to heaven that way.
(d) He believes God told him personally to do so.

2. What does Lyla insist that Mel and she attend despite Mel's parents' objection?
(a) College graduation.
(b) A family reunion.
(c) The senior prom.
(d) Lyla's debutante ball.

3. What does Ted do after he becomes enraged at Mel?
(a) Comes after Mel with an ax.
(b) Tells the camp director that Mel tried to force sex.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Calls Lyla and tells her Mel is gay.

4. What does Lyla go to school to earn?
(a) A degree in education.
(b) A degree in nursing.
(c) Certification as a dental technician.
(d) A degree in social work.

5. How old is Mel White when he hears a young seminarian preach at a church camp?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Mel meet on his and Lyla's honeymoon?

3. How does Mel feel when Lyla asks him to dance?

4. Whose symbolic child does Mel consider himself to be?

5. What position does Lyla hold in high school?

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