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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 5 - 9).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of books does Jones particularly like to read as a child?
(a) Horror stories.
(b) Mysteries.
(c) Sports stories.
(d) Greek mythology.

2. In Chapter 6, why is the main figure in the play Jones sees in high school targeted and beaten to death?
(a) He is gay.
(b) He is poor.
(c) He is black.
(d) He is a Muslim.

3. In Chapter 6, what happens when Jones tries to kiss the man in the library?
(a) The man slaps Jones.
(b) The man kisses Jones back.
(c) The man tells him he is not into that and immediately leaves.
(d) The man threatens Jones not to tell anyone else what they have been doing.

4. In Chapter 4, what does Jones realize after his grandmother takes him to the pulpit of her church?
(a) He will never spend another summer with her again.
(b) His grandmother does not love him.
(c) He will have to move in with his grandmother.
(d) He wants to convert to the Evangelical church.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Jones's mother point out to him on the street in New York?

2. What is Jones surprised about regarding the items he, Cody and Sam take from the hut in the woods?

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

4. In Chapter 7, what does Jones do for most of his time at the public library?

5. In Chapter 8, what do Jones's mother's friends take him to see?

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