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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. Which prep school does the narrator attend?
(a) Exeter.
(b) Choate.
(c) Eton.
(d) Groton.

2. In what city does the narrator visit with the person in #73?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cincinnati.
(d) Atlanta.

3. The narrator mentions __________________ vacation in Chapter 2.
(a) Spring.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Summer.

4. Who is the psychiatrist treating the narrator?
(a) Dr. O'Reilly.
(b) Dr. Morrison.
(c) Dr. Kerrigan.
(d) Dr. Gruber.

5. Who is Maria?
(a) The narrator's aunt.
(b) The narrator's friend.
(c) The narrator's sister.
(d) The narrator's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's current obsession?

2. What is a powerful negative force in the narrator's life?

3. The relationship between Tex and Morris is sometimes _________________.

4. Why does the narrator study the language in #56?

5. What is the result of Hunton's sexual dalliance with Annie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the narrator's fundamental beliefs about sexuality?

2. Why is the narrator the embodiment of sacrificing oneself for the sake of social acceptance?

3. How does the narrator compare his life to the life of the Chinese woman he meets?

4. How do Maria and the narrator feel about each other by the end of Chapter 4, and how do they act on those feelings?

5. What does the narrator learn about Hunton from an older man with the same name?

6. How did the struggle for acceptance and freedom for lesbians differ from that of gay men?

7. With whom does the narrator have his first gay sexual experience and how does he feel about it afterward?

8. How does the narrator's subway ride further alienate him from what he thinks is normal life?

9. What is Tex's theory about a man acting on his sexual desires for other men and how does that make the narrator feel about Tex?

10. What does the narrator realize about himself over the course of the novel?

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