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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. 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 pray together at a Catholic church.
(b) They ask Jones' grandmother for a loan.
(c) They get new jobs.
(d) They do Buddhist chants at the altar.

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

3. In Chapter 8, what illness is Jones's mother diagnosed with?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Congestive heart failure.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Lyme Disease.

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

5. In the woods, what is the structure that Jones, Cody and Sam find made out of?
(a) Solid-looking tiles.
(b) Rough tree branches.
(c) Wood, cardboard, and metal scraps.
(d) Newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how does Jones travel to the university that offers him the scholarship?

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

3. Where does Jones's mother work in Chapter 1?

4. Who is one character from Greek mythology that Jones experiments writing in the voice of?

5. In Chapter 4, where does Jones's grandmother live?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what kinds of stories is Jones very interested in in adolescence, and why?

2. In Chapter 1, what does Jones find tucked away in the book he is enamored with that intrigues him?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 2, why is Jones excited and happy when his neighbor Cody asks him to go out in the woods with him and his brother?

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

10. In Chapter 2, how does Jones feel when Cody calls him a faggot?

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