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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 15, what does the man Jones is with on New Year's Eve keep repeating to Jones?
(a) You are mine now.
(b) You will not make it home.
(c) You're already dead.
(d) You are sick and demented.

2. In Chapter 8, what section of Dallas does Jones begin going to more often?
(a) Cedar Springs.
(b) Sycamore Lane.
(c) Oakland Row.
(d) Tulip Circle.

3. In Chapter 13, why does Jones become concerned about his mother driving the U-Haul?
(a) He thinks she is driving too fast and might get a ticket.
(b) He sees her smoking too much in it.
(c) He sees her being unsure of the directions.
(d) He sees it swerving and knows she is exhausted.

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 have to move in with his grandmother.
(c) He will never spend another summer with her again.
(d) He wants to convert to the Evangelical church.

5. How is the black man whose death Jones sees reported on the news killed in Chapter 3?
(a) Three white supremacists beat him, chain him to their truck and drag him behind them as they drive.
(b) He is poisoned by his partner.
(c) He is shot by three white supremacists.
(d) Three white supremacists stab him to death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, Jones says he is the kind of boy who did what as a child?

3. In Chapter 11, what kinds of trees on campus remind Jones of his grandmother's house?

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

5. In Chapter 8, why does Jones's mother take him to New York City when he is a young child?

(see the answer key)

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