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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 14 - 17).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what symptoms cause Jones's mother to go to the hospital?
(a) She can not move her legs.
(b) She has the worst headache of her life.
(c) She is short of breath and had collapsed earlier after work in the parking lot.
(d) She has terrible abdominal pain.

2. In Chapter 16, why does Jones feel he has to be so disciplined about his work?
(a) He needs to make more money.
(b) He wants his students to be proud of him.
(c) He wants his father to be proud of him.
(d) He does not want years to go by without his having published anything.

3. In Chapter 10, who does Jones engage in sexual activity with at his first college party?
(a) Colby.
(b) James.
(c) Roman.
(d) Rob.

4. Where does Jones's mother work in Chapter 1?
(a) City Hall.
(b) A law office.
(c) The airport.
(d) McDonald's.

5. In Chapter 8, what is one activity Jones and his mother do together to try to help with his problems related to going to college?
(a) They ask Jones' grandmother for a loan.
(b) They pray together at a Catholic church.
(c) They do Buddhist chants at the altar.
(d) They get new jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what happens to Jones's mother just before they leave for her new city?

2. What do most of the books Jones finds about homosexuality as a young boy also include information about?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Jones write that you never forget the first instance of?

4. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother say she does not have regarding him?

5. In Chapter 3, Jones says he is the kind of boy who did what as a child?

(see the answer key)

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