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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 18 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what question does Jones's friend ask him that he had not expected him to ask so early in the game?
(a) When he came out to his family.
(b) Whether he will ever get married someday.
(c) What it feels like to have sex with a man.
(d) Whether he has ever had sex with a woman.

2. In Chapter 14, what question does Jones ask his friend that he has found all straight men like?
(a) He asks what he does to turn girls on.
(b) He asks what his favorite kinds of breasts are.
(c) He asks what losing his virginity was like.
(d) He asks what the sexiest thing a girl ever did for him was.

3. What kinds of books does Jones particularly like to read as a child?
(a) Sports stories.
(b) Mysteries.
(c) Horror stories.
(d) Greek mythology.

4. In Chapter 16, where does Jones go for his MFA?
(a) Brown.
(b) Rutgers-Newark.
(c) New York University.
(d) Yale.

5. In Chapter 19, what does Jones do to try to avoid painful memories of his mother?
(a) Throws himself into planning her funeral.
(b) Drinks heavily.
(c) Volunteers at a suicide hotline.
(d) Writes a novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what does Jones smell from the man next to him on the plane?

2. What job did Jones's mother work at for a brief time during her twenties?

3. In Chapter 11, what do Jones and his mother often say to each other on the phone?

4. In Chapter 9, who does Jones's mother sometimes call out for in her sleep?

5. In Chapter 18, what does Jones's Uncle Albert stay to Jones's mother in the hospital?

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