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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. What is the last thing Jones's mother says to him when she drops him off at college?
(a) She tells him she loves him.
(b) She tells him she will be OK without him.
(c) She tells him not to have sex without a condom.
(d) She tells him to visit his grandmother.

2. What author does Jones begin Part Two of the book with a quote from?
(a) Tayari Jones.
(b) Nikki Giovanni.
(c) Sadie Smith.
(d) Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley.

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

4. In Chapter 4, what does Jones realize after his grandmother takes him to the pulpit of her church?
(a) His grandmother does not love him.
(b) He will never spend another summer with her again.
(c) He will have to move in with his grandmother.
(d) He wants to convert to the Evangelical church.

5. Where is the university Jones attends in Chapter 10 located?
(a) Bowling Green, Kentucky.
(b) New York City.
(c) Huston, Texas.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Chapter 1 set?

2. What does Jones's mother routinely do as soon as she gets home from work in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Jones imagine the man in the library doing after he leaves the library?

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

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

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