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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, how does Jones explain his choice to see the Botanist again?
(a) He says they both like that they are damaging to each other.
(b) He says they live in the same town, so it is convenient.
(c) He says they have the same sense of humor.
(d) He says they both like plants.

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

3. What is one difference Jones thinks exists between speech and debate students and theater students?
(a) He thinks speech and debate students are meaner than theater students.
(b) He thinks speech and debate students are more arrogant than theater students.
(c) He thinks speech and debate students are smarter than theater students.
(d) He thinks speech and debate students are shyer than theater students.

4. What does Jones's mother say about his happiness in Chapter 11?
(a) He can not be happy if he is gay.
(b) He can be happy, but his extended family will be miserable if he tells them the truth.
(c) If he is happy, she is happy.
(d) She can not be happy if he is gay.

5. In Chapter 13, what happens to Jones's mother just before they leave for her new city?
(a) Her dog dies and she is devastated.
(b) She has to go to the emergency room because she is feeling ill.
(c) She gets hit by a car.
(d) Her ex-husband comes back to speak with her before she leaves.

6. In Chapter 11, what kinds of trees on campus remind Jones of his grandmother's house?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Dogwood.
(c) Birch.
(d) Pear.

7. In Chapter 13, what does Jones say happened to his mother with age?
(a) She became more beautiful.
(b) She became more daring.
(c) She became more risk-averse.
(d) She became bitter.

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

9. In Chapter 15, what happens suddenly when Jones and the man he is with on New Years Eve are kissing?
(a) The man starts drinking heavily again.
(b) The man starts hitting Jones violently.
(c) The man goes and gets a knife.
(d) The man makes a phone call.

10. In Chapter 14, what is the name of the man Jones meets at the New Year's Eve party and who changes his life?
(a) Derrick.
(b) Donald.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Dane.

11. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother say she does not have regarding him?
(a) Patience.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Regrets.
(d) Anger.

12. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother write in her letter to him that she considered doing several times?
(a) Taking drugs.
(b) Killing herself.
(c) Asking Jones's father to take custody of him.
(d) Asking her mother to take over raising him.

13. In Chapter 14, what question does Jones ask his friend that he has found all straight men like?
(a) He asks what the sexiest thing a girl ever did for him was.
(b) He asks what he does to turn girls on.
(c) He asks what losing his virginity was like.
(d) He asks what his favorite kinds of breasts are.

14. In Chapter 16, what kinds of drinks does Jones's mother order for everyone in Memphis?
(a) Gin and tonics.
(b) Bloody Marys.
(c) Cosmopolitans.
(d) Mimosas.

15. In Chapter 14, why is Jones's friend so concerned about his car?
(a) He says he just bought the car and cannot afford to get it fixed.
(b) He says he can not get picked up for drunk driving again.
(c) He says he borrowed the car from his girlfriend.
(d) He says his father bought him the car and will kill him if he wrecks it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, why does Jones set the schedule he does for himself?

2. In Chapter 12, what kinds of things does the Botanist say during sex with Jones that disturbs Jones?

3. What is playing on the television in the Botanist's bedroom when Jones and he enter it?

4. In Chapter 14, what makes Jones pay closer attention to the conversation his friend and his friend's roommate are having?

5. In Chapter 11, what joke does Jones reference when he tells his mother he is gay?

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