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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 14 - 17).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what do Jones's mother's friends take him to see?
(a) The musical Rent.
(b) His first drag show.
(c) Professional wrestling.
(d) A X-rated movie.

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

3. Which author does Jones begin Part Three with a quote from?
(a) Danez Smith.
(b) Roxanne Gay.
(c) Sadie Jones.
(d) Nikki Giovanni.

4. In Chapter 4, what kind of new church does Jones's grandmother start attending when he is about 13?
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Evangelical.

5. In Chapter 12, what kinds of things does the Botanist say during sex with Jones that disturbs Jones?
(a) Things about his own wife.
(b) Racist things.
(c) Romantic things.
(d) Things about his own childhood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 16, where does Jones go for his MFA?

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

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

5. In Chapter 15, what does Jones tell his mother about how he spent New Year's Eve?

(see the answer key)

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