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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 his father knows he is looking at these sites.
(b) Whether he knows that God can see what he is doing.
(c) Whether his mother knows he is looking at these sites.
(d) Whether he is "into that."

2. In Chapter 6, what does Jones imagine the man in the library doing after he leaves the library?
(a) Going to work.
(b) Reading a book in the library.
(c) Going home to a wife and family.
(d) Making dinner.

3. In Chapter 1, what book does Jones begin that he comes to love?
(a) Beloved.
(b) Another Country.
(c) The Invisible Man.
(d) The Bluest Eye.

4. In Chapter 8, why does Jones's mother take him to New York City when he is a young child?
(a) So he can eat food from different cultures.
(b) For culture.
(c) For a job offer.
(d) For a family vacation.

5. What does Cody call Jones that Jones writes was almost a relief to hear someone finally say out loud?
(a) Urchin.
(b) Faggot.
(c) Pervert.
(d) Liar.

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

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

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

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

10. What do most of the books Jones finds about homosexuality as a young boy also include information about?
(a) Religion.
(b) Conversion therapy.
(c) Recommended novels for further reading.
(d) AIDS.

11. Well into his high school years, what does Jones have recurring dreams about?
(a) Dressing as a woman.
(b) Getting revenge on Cody.
(c) His mother dying.
(d) Having a woman's body.

12. In Chapter 8, who does Jones go to New York City with when he is a child?
(a) His mother's friends.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother, grandmother, and cousins.

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

14. In Chapter 8, what does Jones's mother point out to him on the street in New York?
(a) Homeless people.
(b) Hot dog vendors.
(c) Street performers.
(d) Two men holding hands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what illness is Jones's mother diagnosed with?

2. In the woods, what is the structure that Jones, Cody and Sam find made out of?

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

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

5. In Chapter 8, how does Jones feel after telling his mother about his scholarship to college?

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