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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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. In what field does Mel begin a doctorate?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Communications.
(c) Theology.
(d) Education.

3. What does the seminarian say about masturbation?
(a) It is always wrong.
(b) It is best to wait until one is married for sexual pleasure.
(c) The preacher does not bring up the topic.
(d) It is a gift from God.

4. Who phoned the camp to have the young seminarian sent home?
(a) Parents of campers.
(b) No one.
(c) The diocese bishop.
(d) The Board of Education.

5. What does Mel's first film concern?
(a) A woman who was in a street gang who becomes a Christian.
(b) A Christian survivor of imprisonment during Vietnam.
(c) A Christian gay man who changes to become heterosexual.
(d) A man who was in a street gang who becomes a Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what basis does Mel say homosexuality is attacked today?

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

3. What does Mel say to Jeffrey about Jeffrey's feelings of guilt?

4. For what organization does Mel work?

5. How is Mel able to perform sexually with Lyla?

Short Essay Questions

1. From where does Mel say his self hatred arose?

2. Who is Jeffrey S. and what is his story?

3. Describe Mel's brief involvement with Ted.

4. What does White start to pursue concerning his feelings of attraction to other men?

5. What movie and book does White produce while serving as the pastor of Evangelical Covenant?

6. What does Mel say about whom he might blame for his homosexuality and his feeling miserable as an adolescent?

7. What happens to White's career in the 1970s?

8. What does White relate about Falwell and civil rights?

9. Who is Peter W.? What does White write about the young man?

10. What does Mel write about Johnny B.?

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