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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 10 - 13).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Jones tell the Botanist when he leaves his house after their first encounter?
(a) To meet him in the park that weekend.
(b) To turn himself into the police.
(c) To delete his number.
(d) To call him again.

2. In the last line of the Prelude, what does Jones say is in his mother's blood as she dances?
(a) Joy.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Rhythm.
(d) Fire.

3. Where does Jones go to try to find out more about homosexuality?
(a) His uncle's house.
(b) The public library.
(c) The record shop down the street from his house.
(d) Gay bars in town.

4. In Chapter 7, where does the man next to Jones at the library computer terminals ask Jones to meet him?
(a) In the last stall of the library restroom.
(b) In the bookstore about a ten-minute walk from the library.
(c) In the gay bar downtown.
(d) In his own house a few blocks away.

5. In Chapter 4, what kind of new church does Jones's grandmother start attending when he is about 13?
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Mormon.
(d) Evangelical.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what section of Dallas does Jones begin going to more often?

2. Who are the two neighbors Jones watches from his window as a boy in Chapter 1?

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

4. In Chapter 11, what joke does Jones reference when he tells his mother he is gay?

5. In Chapter 10, what does Jones think about the way his mother looks as they go together to drop him off at college?

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