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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 10 - 13).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 James Byrd Jr. getting into a truck with white supremacists.
(b) He thinks about how sad he is that he never knew his father.
(c) He thinks about Cody bullying him from his youth.
(d) He thinks about his mother being disappointed in him.

3. In Chapter 13, what does Jones go back to Lewisville to help his mother with in the summer of 2006?
(a) To help her take care of her garden.
(b) To help her sort out her healthcare regime.
(c) To help her pack her apartment and move to Atlanta.
(d) To help her take care of his grandmother.

4. In Chapter 8, what is Jones's scholarship for?
(a) Track.
(b) Music.
(c) Speech and debate.
(d) Basketball.

5. In Chapter 8, what is one activity Jones and his mother do together to try to help with his problems related to going to college?
(a) They get new jobs.
(b) They ask Jones' grandmother for a loan.
(c) They pray together at a Catholic church.
(d) They do Buddhist chants at the altar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what happens to Jones's mother just before they leave for her new city?

2. In Chapter 6, why is Jones's mother upset about what she finds on Jones's computer?

3. In Chapter 13, how does Jones explain his choice to see the Botanist again?

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

5. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother's pastor say that Jones is appalled at?

(see the answer key)

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