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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 7, what job does Jones apply for that is met with a rejection?
(a) Waiting tables.
(b) Re-shelving books at the library.
(c) Working at McDonald's.
(d) Long-term caregiving for the elderly.

2. In Chapter 6, what does Jones imagine the man in the library doing after he leaves the library?
(a) Going to work.
(b) Going home to a wife and family.
(c) Making dinner.
(d) Reading a book in the library.

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

4. In Chapter 5, what does Jones write that you never forget the first instance of?
(a) The first time someone calls you a faggot.
(b) The first time you realize your mother has lied to you.
(c) The first time you realize you are mortal
(d) The first time you have sex.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Jones do for most of his time at the public library?
(a) Use the computers for adult content.
(b) Apply to colleges.
(c) Eat snacks.
(d) Write letters to editors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does the man next to Jones at the library computer terminal ask him about what he is looking at?

2. How is the black man whose death Jones sees reported on the news killed in Chapter 3?

3. Where does Jones meet a man he goes home with at the end of Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 8, where does Jones get accepted to college and where he desperately would like to attend?

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

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