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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 is the first book that Mel ghost writes for Francis Schaeffer?
(a) How Should Christians Behave.
(b) Christian Response to the Left-Wing Minority.
(c) How Should We Then Live.
(d) Gays and Christianity.

2. Who are Philip and Janet Yancey?
(a) Mel's friends who own a resort in Northern California.
(b) Mel's friends with whom he sometimes discussed his homosexuality.
(c) Two of Falwell's administrators who try to convince Mel to be celibate.
(d) A couple Mel meets in Hawaii.

3. Who is R. J. Rushdoony?
(a) A Christian reconstructionist.
(b) A Jewish theologian.
(c) A strong gay rights advocate.
(d) A gay psychiatrist.

4. What does White end forever when he chooses to move?
(a) His doubts about the gay lifestyle.
(b) His days in the closet.
(c) His relationship with Gary.
(d) His insecurity.

5. What does White say in his letter to Jerry Falwell on December 24, 1991?
(a) White tells Falwell White is contemplating a lawsuit.
(b) White asks Falwell's forgiveness for pretending to be someone White was not.
(c) White asks Falwell to meet with him to talk about Falwell's treatment of homosexuality.
(d) White suggests that Falwell needs counseling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stories does White relate about gays who have tried to be "cured" of homosexuality.

2. For what does White praise President Clinton?

3. Where is White interviewed several times when he comes out?

4. Why does Falwell initially get into politics?

5. With whom does White work on If I Should Die Before I Wake?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom Montgomery maintain his spirituality despite being angry with the Religious Right?

2. How do Mel and Lyla stay connected, and what do Christian leaders say about White's new living situation? What does Lyla say in response to the Christian leaders?

3. How does White find peace in his new church in Dallas?

4. What was Mel White determined to do after the end of his relationship with Tom?

5. What did White plan to do while scuba diving in Hawaii? What changed his mind?

6. Describe White's first meeting with Gary Nixon.

7. How does White's parents react to his telling them of his homosexuality?

8. Where does White take his family in the summer of 1979, and how does he feel about the time spent there with Lyla?

9. What does the religious right try to push through in Oregon, and what does White do about it?

10. What does Wright find confusing at first when he is at the new cathedral in Dallas?

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