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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. 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.

2. In Chapter 8, what does Jones notice sitting in a Ziploc back on his mother's nightstand at the hospital?
(a) Her watch.
(b) Her diary.
(c) Her phone.
(d) The nightdress she always wore.

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

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

5. In Chapter 10, what does Jones think about the way his mother looks as they go together to drop him off at college?
(a) She looks wealthy.
(b) She looks sad.
(c) She looks ill.
(d) She looks like the kind of women you would see in New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 6, why is the main figure in the play Jones sees in high school targeted and beaten to death?

3. What does the Botanist have many of in his apartment?

4. In the woods, what is the structure that Jones, Cody and Sam find made out of?

5. Which other speech and debate student does Jones attend a party with in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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