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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how does Jones feel after telling his mother about his scholarship to college?
(a) Angry, because she did not react the way he thought she would.
(b) Good, but disappointed that it does not make a bigger difference to her health.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Suspicious.

2. In Chapter 8, what university ends up offering Jones a full scholarship for attendance there?
(a) American University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Western Kentucky University.
(d) New York University.

3. In Chapter 8, where does Jones get accepted to college and where he desperately would like to attend?
(a) New York University.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Columbia University?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother often call him affectionately?
(a) Darling.
(b) Cy.
(c) Boy.
(d) Cedrick.

5. In Chapter 5, as Jones gets older, what does he start to notice more?
(a) Gay literature.
(b) Gay bars.
(c) Men's and boy's beautiful bodies.
(d) Gay music.

6. In Chapter 8, what does Jones notice sitting in a Ziploc back on his mother's nightstand at the hospital?
(a) Her phone.
(b) Her diary.
(c) The nightdress she always wore.
(d) Her watch.

7. In Chapter 3, in what town is a black man brutally killed in 1998?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Lewisville, Texas.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Jasper, Texas.

8. In Chapter 1, what is the name of Jones's dog?
(a) Derrick.
(b) Roxy.
(c) Kingsley.
(d) Martin.

9. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother do when he tells her he is not going to church with her any more?
(a) Threatens him with a knife.
(b) Calls the pastor in to talk to him at her house.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Takes the sheets off his bed with him still on it.

10. Where is Chapter 1 set?
(a) Lubbock, Texas.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) Lewisville, Texas.

11. In Chapter 8, how does Jones travel to the university that offers him the scholarship?
(a) On a plane ticket paid for by his mother's Delta benefits.
(b) By rental car.
(c) He hitchhikes.
(d) He takes the train.

12. In the Prelude, what kind of music does Jones refer to in the title of the Prelude?
(a) Rap Music.
(b) Grown Folks' Music.
(c) Punk Music.
(d) Go Go Music.

13. In Chapter 7, where does the man next to Jones at the library computer terminals ask Jones to meet him?
(a) In the gay bar downtown.
(b) In the bookstore about a ten-minute walk from the library.
(c) In the last stall of the library restroom.
(d) In his own house a few blocks away.

14. In Chapter 7, what does the man next to Jones at the library computer terminal ask him about what he is looking at?
(a) Whether he knows that God can see what he is doing.
(b) Whether his mother knows he is looking at these sites.
(c) Whether he is "into that."
(d) Whether his father knows he is looking at these sites.

15. What job did Jones's mother work at for a brief time during her twenties?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Paralegal.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Fashion model.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Jones find tucked into a novel of his mother's that interests him?

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, what does Jones do for most of his time at the public library?

5. In Chapter 9, who does Jones's mother sometimes call out for in her sleep?

(see the answer keys)

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