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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 17, at what hour does Jones routinely wake up?
(a) 4:45 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

2. What does the Botanist have hanging from his lamps?
(a) Seeds.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Crystals.
(d) Christmas ornaments.

3. In Chapter 15, what does Jones do for his attacker on New Year's Eve before leaving his apartment?
(a) Tries to give him a glass of water.
(b) Covers him with a blanket.
(c) Calls 911 to come for him.
(d) Calls a number of a relative from the man's cell phone.

4. In Chapter 13, what happens to Jones's mother just before they leave for her new city?
(a) Her dog dies and she is devastated.
(b) She has to go to the emergency room because she is feeling ill.
(c) Her ex-husband comes back to speak with her before she leaves.
(d) She gets hit by a car.

5. In Chapter 15, what does Jones tell his mother about how he spent New Year's Eve?
(a) That he will come home now after dropping out of college because of something that happened on New Year's Eve.
(b) That he was badly beaten.
(c) That he met someone he really likes.
(d) Only that he want to a house party.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 16, how does Jones feel about his mother's place in their family?

3. In Chapter 13, why does Jones become concerned about his mother driving the U-Haul?

4. In Chapter 13, how does Jones explain his choice to see the Botanist again?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, why do you think Jones tells the Botanist his name is Cody?

2. In Chapter 12, what is unusual about the Botanist's apartment that Jones notices quickly?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Jones's mother do that alarms him?

4. In Chapter 10, why does Jones end up attending the college he attends?

5. In Chapter 13, why does Jones keep seeing the Botanist?

6. In Chapter 11, how do Jones's friends react when he tells them he has still not told his mother he is gay?

7. In Chapter 16, what does Jones think about what he would do if anyone ever treated him as Daniel once had?

8. In Chapter 11, how does Jones feel after he eventually tells his mother he is gay?

9. In Chapter 14, what happens in Dane's apartment that upsets Jones?

10. In Chapter 11, what do the dogwood trees on campus remind Jones of from his childhood?

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