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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 18 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what is one way Jones has of dealing with the trauma he experienced on New Year's Eve?
(a) He goes for a swim every morning to clear his head.
(b) He writes about it.
(c) He goes for long walks in nature.
(d) He tells his grandmother about it.

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

3. In Chapter 18, why does Jones eventually answer his phone calls from his uncle?
(a) He is tired of the sound of the phone ringing.
(b) He is angry and wants to tell his uncle about his anger.
(c) He knows no one calls multiple times that late at night unless there is news.
(d) He is upset that he can not be there for Mother's Day and he wants to tell his uncle he is sorry.

4. In Chapter 6, what does Jones do with the man in the library?
(a) He goes home with the man and has dinner.
(b) He has intercourse with the man.
(c) He performs oral sex on the man.
(d) He goes to the bookstore down the street with the man.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Jones immediately think when the man next to him at the library computer terminal tells him he is also into what Jones is looking at?
(a) He thinks about his mother being disappointed in him.
(b) He thinks about how sad he is that he never knew his father.
(c) He thinks about James Byrd Jr. getting into a truck with white supremacists.
(d) He thinks about Cody bullying him from his youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, why does Jones's mother say they do not eat coconut cake in their family?

2. In Chapter 8, how does Jones feel after telling his mother about his scholarship to college?

3. In Chapter 14, what question does Jones's friend ask him that he had not expected him to ask so early in the game?

4. What does Jones's mother say about his happiness in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 7, what does Jones do for most of his time at the public library?

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