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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 6, what play does Jones and his class see in high school?
(a) Angels in America.
(b) The Laramie Project.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Rent.

2. In Chapter 8, how does Jones feel after telling his mother about his scholarship to college?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Good, but disappointed that it does not make a bigger difference to her health.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Angry, because she did not react the way he thought she would.

3. What does the Botanist have many of in his apartment?
(a) Birds.
(b) Potted trees.
(c) Lamps.
(d) Cakes.

4. Who is one character from Greek mythology that Jones experiments writing in the voice of?
(a) Medusa.
(b) Ariadne.
(c) Electra.
(d) Aphrodite.

5. In Chapter 8, where does Jones get accepted to college and where he desperately would like to attend?
(a) Columbia University?
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does the Botanist do that surprises Jones and makes him feel awkward?

2. In Chapter 6, why is Jones's mother upset about what she finds on Jones's computer?

3. In Chapter 4, what does Jones realize after his grandmother takes him to the pulpit of her church?

4. What do Jones, Cody and Sam find in the hut in the woods?

5. What author does Jones begin Part Two of the book with a quote from?

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