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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the person in #124 find a job?

2. How does the narrator's mother see him?

3. What is notable about the woman in #139?

4. The narrator has to take Lou to a backroom physician to treat _______________________.

5. The narrator evades being drafted into the army by ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the energy created among the men after the group sexual encounter in the subway restroom

2. What is the significance of the narrator's sister's visit and her revelation of being a lesbian?

3. Why does Sean's comment about a group of men having sex in a public restroom as being "subhuman" have a particular sting for the narrator?

4. How can the raid on the Stonewall Inn be both a beginning and an ending of a gay rights movement?

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

6. What is the reality of Lou's life as an engaged man?

7. Where does the narrator move to instead of going to Harvard where he has been accepted into a graduate program?

8. How does the relationship between Maria and the narrator change when she moves to New York?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Lou. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Lou?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the narrator's name not being identified? Why does the author leave the narrator nameless with the exception of Lou who calls the narrator "Bunny"? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

White is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony, and then briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

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