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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 18 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what happens suddenly when Jones and the man he is with on New Years Eve are kissing?
(a) The man starts drinking heavily again.
(b) The man starts hitting Jones violently.
(c) The man makes a phone call.
(d) The man goes and gets a knife.

2. 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 gay bar downtown.
(c) In his own house a few blocks away.
(d) In the bookstore about a ten-minute walk from the library.

3. What other murdered man does Jones connect the figure at the heart of they play he sees in high school with?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) James Jones.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) James Byrd Jr.

4. 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 call him again.
(d) To delete his number.

5. In Chapter 18, what does Uncle Albert say is the reason Jones's mother has gone to the hospital?
(a) She had trouble breathing.
(b) She broke her arm.
(c) She fainted.
(d) She was bleeding badly from a cut.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, how does Jones feel about his mother's place in their family?

2. In Chapter 7, what was the first man Jones tried to kiss wearing?

3. What kinds of books does Jones particularly like to read as a child?

4. In Chapter 21, what does Jones discover he and his new friend in Barcelona have in common?

5. In Chapter 18, what does Jones smell from the man next to him on the plane?

(see the answer key)

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