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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sean?
(a) The narrator's co-worker.
(b) The narrator's boss.
(c) The narrator's neighbor.
(d) The narrator's new lover.

2. Who is Lou?
(a) A chauffeur.
(b) The building's superintendent.
(c) A wealthy advertising executive.
(d) An ice cream vendor.

3. What makes Maria threaten to end her friendship with the narrator?
(a) If he doesn't stop drinking.
(b) If he won't break up with Sean.
(c) If he won't find a better job.
(d) If he doesn't stop analyzing everyone.

4. Eventually the narrator stops seeing ___________________.
(a) Chad.
(b) Marie.
(c) Denise.
(d) Dr. O'Reilly.

5. Why does Lou tell the narrator that Lou wants to get married?
(a) To cure himself of homosexuality.
(b) To be accepted by his family.
(c) To get promoted at work.
(d) To see what "normal" feels like.

6. With whom does the narrator begin a relationship during this Summer?
(a) Annie.
(b) Lou.
(c) Maria.
(d) Chad.

7. The narrator sets Lou up with ____________________.
(a) his neighbor.
(b) a museum docent.
(c) his cousin.
(d) a girl from his office.

8. Where does the narrator spend a lot of time after Sean leaves?
(a) Coffee shops.
(b) Gay bars.
(c) Jazz clubs.
(d) Bookstores.

9. What is the name of the gay club which is raided by police?
(a) The Algonquin.
(b) Stonewall Inn.
(c) Majestic Theatre.
(d) Atlas Inn.

10. What does the narrator come to realize by living in this new city?
(a) He wants to marry Maria.
(b) He misses his home.
(c) There are many homosexual men.
(d) He still does not fit in.

11. The narrator realizes that Lou is addicted to ________________.
(a) marijuana.
(b) cocaine.
(c) heroin.
(d) booze.

12. Why does the roommate move out of the narrator's apartment?
(a) He prefers to live in a place with morning light.
(b) He thinks the building is too noisy.
(c) He thinks the increase in rent is too high.
(d) He doesn't like how the narrator opens a jar of coffee.

13. What is another reason that the narrator is having a better time being homosexual?
(a) He doesn't have to cruise for sex anymore.
(b) He has a new therapist who is helping him.
(c) His deepening relationship with Sean.
(d) He has a newfound confidence in his career.

14. The narrator's sister who lives in ______________ visits him in New York City.
(a) Portland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Milwaukee.

15. How does Lou feel about the idea of heterosexual married life?
(a) He is scared of it.
(b) He'll soldier through it.
(c) He hates it.
(d) He is anxious to begin it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator's parents consider a normal life for their son?

2. Who goes with the narrator to the city in #123?

3. What does the narrator do in his free time?

4. Where does Sean eventually go?

5. The narrator has been accepted into a graduate program at what university?

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