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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. 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 black.
(c) He is a Muslim.
(d) He is poor.

2. In Chapter 3, who is the man who is killed whose death Jones sees reported on the news?
(a) Robert Milken.
(b) John Robertson.
(c) David Bline.
(d) James Byrd Jr.

3. In Chapter 1, what does Jones find tucked into a novel of his mother's that interests him?
(a) A grocery list with strange items on it.
(b) A photo of his mother as a young girl.
(c) A photo of a young, attractive black man.
(d) A note from his father, who he never knew.

4. In Chapter 8, what does Jones realize about the stranger he goes home with once he is in the man's house?
(a) The man has lied to Jones about his real name.
(b) He does not have a job.
(c) He has a wife and family.
(d) The house the man has taken him to is not really his house.

5. What do Jones, Cody and Sam find in the hut in the woods?
(a) Pornographic magazines.
(b) Water.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Jones notice sitting in a Ziploc back on his mother's nightstand at the hospital?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Jones write that you never forget the first instance of?

3. In Chapter 4, where does Jones's grandmother live?

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

5. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother do when he tells her he is not going to church with her any more?

(see the answer key)

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