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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 8, what event is going on in New York City when Jones visits for the first time as a child?
(a) The Thanksgiving Day Parade.
(b) The Olympics.
(c) St. Patrick's Day.
(d) Pride Month.

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

3. In Chapter 4, what religion does Jones mention his mother has practiced since her early twenties?
(a) Islam.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Buddhism.

4. In Chapter 9, what symptoms cause Jones's mother to go to the hospital?
(a) She can not move her legs.
(b) She has terrible abdominal pain.
(c) She is short of breath and had collapsed earlier after work in the parking lot.
(d) She has the worst headache of her life.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Jones immediately think when the man next to him at the library computer terminal tells him he is also into what Jones is looking at?
(a) He thinks about Cody bullying him from his youth.
(b) He thinks about James Byrd Jr. getting into a truck with white supremacists.
(c) He thinks about how sad he is that he never knew his father.
(d) He thinks about his mother being disappointed in him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Well into his high school years, what does Jones have recurring dreams about?

3. What do most of the books Jones finds about homosexuality as a young boy also include information about?

4. In Chapter 8, what is standing in the way of Jones attending the university he wants to attend?

5. In Chapter 6, what happens when Jones tries to kiss the man in the library?

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