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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 7, what job does Jones apply for that is met with a rejection?
(a) Working at McDonald's.
(b) Waiting tables.
(c) Long-term caregiving for the elderly.
(d) Re-shelving books at the library.

2. In Part Four, what grocery store does Jones's mother write that she often went to for food when he was a child?
(a) Kroger.
(b) Tom Thumb.
(c) WaWa.
(d) Wegman's.

3. In Chapter 16, what does Jones's mother insist upon his doing?
(a) Coming to Memphis to help celebrate his grandmother's birthday.
(b) Sending money to his grandmother.
(c) Contacting his father once and for all.
(d) Cooking for himself.

4. In Chapter 16, why does Jones's mother say they do not eat coconut cake in their family?
(a) Because it was the last cake they ate before her father died.
(b) Because many of them were allergic to coconut.
(c) Because everyone hated coconut.
(d) Because his grandmother was slicing a coconut cake when they heard Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated.

5. In Chapter 16, what book is Jones's class in high school currently reading?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) Huckleberry Finn.
(c) Catch-22.
(d) The Red Badge of Courage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 15, what does Jones tell his mother about how he spent New Year's Eve?

3. In Chapter 12, what does Jones tell the Botanist when he leaves his house after their first encounter?

4. In Chapter 9, what symptoms cause Jones's mother to go to the hospital?

5. In Chapter 7, where does the man next to Jones at the library computer terminals ask Jones to meet him?

(see the answer key)

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