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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, 1964-1970, Learning About Friendship.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mel now consider his feelings of love for another man?
(a) Natural but wrong.
(b) He no longer analyzes such things.
(c) Unnatural but not wrong.
(d) God's grace.

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

4. What is Martin Luther King arguing at the time of Lyla and Mel's enrollment in college?
(a) Gay rights were as important as other civil rights.
(b) Christians were obligated to fight social evil.
(c) Christians need to stay above the political/social fights.
(d) Gays are not born homosexual so they do not deserve civil rights.

5. At the time of the Civil Rights issues in the United States, what does Falwell believe should be the Christian's focus?
(a) Feeding the world.
(b) Winning souls.
(c) Getting their relationship to God right.
(d) Memorizing the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Mel's attraction to men finally lessen?

2. Where does Mel go after he and Lyla become engaged?

3. What question is Mel afraid to ask?

4. What is Mel's response to the movie, Zorba the Greek?

5. How does Mel describe his mother?

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