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

2. In Chapter 1, what book does Jones begin that he comes to love?
(a) The Invisible Man.
(b) Beloved.
(c) Another Country.
(d) The Bluest Eye.

3. What does Jones's mother routinely do as soon as she gets home from work in Chapter 1?
(a) Have a cigar.
(b) Take the dog for a walk.
(c) Make a snack.
(d) Pour herself a glass of water and drink the entire thing.

4. In Chapter 8, what does Jones notice sitting in a Ziploc back on his mother's nightstand at the hospital?
(a) The nightdress she always wore.
(b) Her phone.
(c) Her watch.
(d) Her diary.

5. In Chapter 8, what does Jones realize about the stranger he goes home with once he is in the man's house?
(a) The man has lied to Jones about his real name.
(b) He has a wife and family.
(c) He does not have a job.
(d) The house the man has taken him to is not really his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who in Jones's family does he refer to as a man of God?

2. Who are the two neighbors Jones watches from his window as a boy in Chapter 1?

3. What author does Jones begin Part Two of the book with a quote from?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother do when he tells her he is not going to church with her any more?

5. In Chapter 8, who does Jones go to New York City with when he is a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what happens after Jones is accepted into New York University for college?

2. In Chapter 6, why does Jones feel so shaken after seeing The Laramie Project?

3. In Chapter 8, how does Jones feel about New York City after his first visit there?

4. In Chapter 4, why does Jones's mother send him to Memphis to stay with his grandmother for half of each summer every year?

5. In Chapter 6, what is Jones's mother very upset about finding on the computer in their house?

6. In Chapter 1, what do all the books Jones finds in the library about being gay have in common?

7. In Chapter 6, what bothers Jones about some of his classmates' reactions to the play they see in his high school together?

8. In Chapter 4, what makes Jones think he will refuse to come to his grandmother's for future summers?

9. In Chapter 8, what does NYU and the possibility of living in New York seem to represent for Jones?

10. In Chapter 3, how does Jones feel when he hears about the murder of James Byrd Jr.?

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