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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) Suspicious.
(b) Angry, because she did not react the way he thought she would.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Good, but disappointed that it does not make a bigger difference to her health.

2. What does Jones's mother routinely do as soon as she gets home from work in Chapter 1?
(a) Take the dog for a walk.
(b) Have a cigar.
(c) Pour herself a glass of water and drink the entire thing.
(d) Make a snack.

3. In Chapter 4, how many jobs does Jones say his mother worked while he was growing up?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. In Chapter 8, what does Jones realize about the stranger he goes home with once he is in the man's house?
(a) The man has lied to Jones about his real name.
(b) The house the man has taken him to is not really his house.
(c) He does not have a job.
(d) He has a wife and family.

5. In Chapter 4, where does Jones's grandmother live?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Austin.

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

7. In Chapter 7, what was the first man Jones tried to kiss wearing?
(a) Leather pants.
(b) Shorts and a bright red t-shirt.
(c) A Texas A and M polo shirt.
(d) A construction uniform.

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

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

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

11. What do Cody and Sam do to Jones on one occasion when they are supposed to be trading magazines?
(a) Beat him with a baseball bat.
(b) Steal his magazine and lock him out of their house.
(c) Tell his mother he has been looking at pornography.
(d) Hit him with a rock from a slingshot.

12. In the Prelude, what kind of hairstyle does Jones's mother wear?
(a) Curls.
(b) A ponytail.
(c) Box braids.
(d) Short hair.

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

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

15. In Chapter 7, what job does Jones apply for that is met with a rejection?
(a) Long-term caregiving for the elderly.
(b) Working at McDonald's.
(c) Waiting tables.
(d) Re-shelving books at the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Cody ask Jones to do with him and Sam that Jones is pleased about?

2. Where does Jones meet a man he goes home with at the end of Chapter 8?

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

4. In Chapter 6, what play does Jones and his class see in high school?

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

(see the answer keys)

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