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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother often call him affectionately?
2. In Chapter 3, in what town is a black man brutally killed in 1998?
3. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother's pastor say that Jones is appalled at?
4. In the Prelude, what kind of hairstyle does Jones's mother wear?
5. What job did Jones's mother work at for a brief time during her twenties?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 2, what does Jones, Cody, and Sam find in the woods that they split up and share?
2. In Chapter 8, what happens after Jones is accepted into New York University for college?
3. In Chapter 5, what does Jones say you never forget?
4. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother get very upset about finding in his bedroom?
5. In Chapter 1, how does Jones describe his mother's appearance and demeanor?
6. In Chapter 6, what is Jones's mother very upset about finding on the computer in their house?
7. In Chapter 4, what had caused Jones's grandmother to hit him across the face several summers earlier?
8. In Chapter 1, what does Jones find tucked away in the book he is enamored with that intrigues him?
9. In Chapter 9, what illness does Jones and his mother find out she is suffering from, and who does Jones call to tell the rest of the family?
10. In Chapter 8, why does Jones start visiting the Cedar Springs section of Dallas as much as he can?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 8, what do both of Jones's very early sexual experiences with other men have in common? What characteristics of these experiences make it obvious that Jones is in a vulnerable, exploitative, and ultimately illegal situation? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 10, how would you describe Jones's first formative social and sexual experiences at college? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 2, how does Cody seem to realize that Jones is gay? How does Cody's and Sam's bullying affect Jones's perception of himself and of his homosexuality in his adolescence? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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