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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prelude, what kind of music does Jones refer to in the title of the Prelude?
(a) Grown Folks' Music.
(b) Go Go Music.
(c) Rap Music.
(d) Punk Music.

2. What does Cody call Jones that Jones writes was almost a relief to hear someone finally say out loud?
(a) Urchin.
(b) Pervert.
(c) Faggot.
(d) Liar.

3. In Chapter 4, what religion does Jones mention his mother has practiced since her early twenties?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Judaism.

4. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother often call him affectionately?
(a) Boy.
(b) Cy.
(c) Cedrick.
(d) Darling.

5. Where is Chapter 1 set?
(a) Lubbock, Texas.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Lewisville, Texas.
(d) Memphis, Tennessee.

6. In Chapter 4, what does Jones realize after his grandmother takes him to the pulpit of her church?
(a) He will have to move in with his grandmother.
(b) He wants to convert to the Evangelical church.
(c) His grandmother does not love him.
(d) He will never spend another summer with her again.

7. What do Cody and Sam do to Jones on one occasion when they are supposed to be trading magazines?
(a) Tell his mother he has been looking at pornography.
(b) Hit him with a rock from a slingshot.
(c) Steal his magazine and lock him out of their house.
(d) Beat him with a baseball bat.

8. In Chapter 6, what does Jones imagine the man in the library doing after he leaves the library?
(a) Reading a book in the library.
(b) Going to work.
(c) Going home to a wife and family.
(d) Making dinner.

9. What author does Jones begin Part Two of the book with a quote from?
(a) Sadie Smith.
(b) Nikki Giovanni.
(c) Tayari Jones.
(d) Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley.

10. In Chapter 3, in what town is a black man brutally killed in 1998?
(a) Lewisville, Texas.
(b) Jasper, Texas.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

11. In Chapter 6, why is the main figure in the play Jones sees in high school targeted and beaten to death?
(a) He is black.
(b) He is a Muslim.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He is poor.

12. What do most of the books Jones finds about homosexuality as a young boy also include information about?
(a) Conversion therapy.
(b) Religion.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Recommended novels for further reading.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what is standing in the way of Jones attending the university he wants to attend?

2. In Chapter 1, what does Jones find tucked into a novel of his mother's that interests him?

3. In Chapter 8, what is Jones's scholarship for?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother's pastor say that Jones is appalled at?

5. In Chapter 8, what event is going on in New York City when Jones visits for the first time as a child?

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