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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 13, what does Jones say happened to his mother with age?
(a) She became more daring.
(b) She became more beautiful.
(c) She became bitter.
(d) She became more risk-averse.

2. In Chapter 11, what kinds of trees on campus remind Jones of his grandmother's house?
(a) Pear.
(b) Birch.
(c) Dogwood.
(d) Magnolia.

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

4. What does Jones's mother say about his happiness in Chapter 11?
(a) He can be happy, but his extended family will be miserable if he tells them the truth.
(b) She can not be happy if he is gay.
(c) He can not be happy if he is gay.
(d) If he is happy, she is happy.

5. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother write in her letter to him that she considered doing several times?
(a) Asking Jones's father to take custody of him.
(b) Asking her mother to take over raising him.
(c) Killing herself.
(d) Taking drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what cocktail does the Botanist make Jones?

2. In Chapter 16, where does Jones go for his MFA?

3. In Chapter 19, what is one way Jones has of dealing with the trauma he experienced on New Year's Eve?

4. In Chapter 14, why is Jones's friend so concerned about his car?

5. In Chapter 14, which friend of Jones's does he play a "game" with that involves answering questions honestly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 10, what happens to Jones at the first college party he attends?

6. In Chapter 14, what happens that prompts Dane to panic when he and Jones are engaged in sexual activity?

7. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother write to him in her letter from 2007?

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

9. In Chapter 10, how does Jones dress for his arrival at college, and why does he soon regret his choice?

10. In Chapter 15, how does Jones end up feeling about Daniel just before Jones flees from Daniel's apartment?

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