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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. Where do the narrator and the person in #124 live?
(a) A hostel.
(b) A hotel.
(c) The YMCA.
(d) A brownstone.

2. How does the narrator feel about the criticism of the person in #102?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Satisfied.
(d) Eager.

3. Where does the narrator's mother go in Chapter 5?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) New York.
(c) Europe.
(d) Fiji.

4. What had the narrator intended to study in the graduate program?
(a) Art.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Education.
(d) Business.

5. The narrator comments on Maria's growing __________________.
(a) waist line.
(b) bank account.
(c) feminism.
(d) confidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the temperamental roommate who the narrator has for awhile?

2. Who does the narrator consider marrying?

3. With whom does the narrator begin a relationship during this Summer?

4. What kind of job does the narrator get in Chapter 5?

5. Where does the narrator spend time with Lou and the woman in #140?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator after Sean is gone?

2. What do the narrator's parents--and society in general--consider to be a "normal" lifestyle for their son?

3. What does the narrator experience for the first time after a sexual encounter in a subway restroom that he has never experienced before?

4. What eventually happens to Sean who is conflicted by his own identity?

5. What does the narrator come to learn about Lou and what factor will probably preclude his and Lou's relationship from becoming too serious?

6. How does shame get pushed aside in the events leading up to, and after, the Stonewall Inn raids?

7. How does the narrator's decreasing shame mirror what is going on in the gay community in general?

8. How do the narrator's views of himself change according to whose perspective he is viewed in?

9. Who is Lou and how does the narrator meet him?

10. Who is Sean and how did the narrator meet him?

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