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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, 1990-91, One Last Year of Silence.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is John Finch?
(a) Tom's best friend.
(b) A Christian psychologist at Fuller.
(c) Mel's pastor.
(d) Mel's ghost writer.

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

4. How does Mel describe his mother?
(a) Very religious but tolerant of other beliefs.
(b) Wise and assertive.
(c) She wore the pants in the family.
(d) Strong but passive.

5. What does Mel regret about his time during the civil rights era?
(a) Sitting on the sidelines.
(b) Not pushing homosexual rights when he worked so hard for black Americans.
(c) Not trying to become friends with blacks.
(d) Speaking out against civil rights for blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Karl Barth?

2. Who phoned the camp to have the young seminarian sent home?

3. What does Mel see as one aspect to many of the right-wing Christian leaders for whom Mel works?

4. Who dies ten years after he kisses Mel?

5. What happens to Mel's career during the Seventies?

(see the answer key)

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