Check config options as Booleans instead of strings

[epierce]

Description

Part of the code changes included with #440 was converting the True/False strings read in from the config file to Booleans. However, some of the code still expected those values to be strings. This change fixes the two remaining spots that expected them to be strings.

Related Issue

#459

How Has This Been Tested?

Tested on macOS w/ Python 3.12 - all tests have been updated

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)

Checklist:

• My code follows the code style of this project.
• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• I have added tests to cover my changes.
• All new and existing tests passed.