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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following questions does Jones's mother ask him when he tells her he is gay?
(a) Whether he has told anyone else yet.
(b) Whether he is ever coming home again.
(c) Whether he uses protection.
(d) Whether he has a boyfriend.

2. In Chapter 15, what does Jones end up thinking about the man he was with on New Year's Eve?
(a) He should be in jail.
(b) He was probably a victim of abuse.
(c) There was no part of him that remained hidden from Jones.
(d) He had a girlfriend who did not know he was gay.

3. In Chapter 16, why does Jones's mother say they do not eat coconut cake in their family?
(a) Because many of them were allergic to coconut.
(b) Because it was the last cake they ate before her father died.
(c) Because his grandmother was slicing a coconut cake when they heard Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated.
(d) Because everyone hated coconut.

4. In Chapter 11, what do Jones and his mother often say to each other on the phone?
(a) It was good to hear your voice.
(b) Bon voyage.
(c) Until we meet again.
(d) Kisses.

5. In Chapter 11, what does Jones use the tree branches in his grandmother's backyard for as a child?
(a) To swing with his cat from.
(b) To use as imaginary antlers.
(c) As part of the show he imagines himself putting on.
(d) To use as a baseball bat.

6. In Chapter 16, what does Jones's mother insist upon his doing?
(a) Coming to Memphis to help celebrate his grandmother's birthday.
(b) Contacting his father once and for all.
(c) Cooking for himself.
(d) Sending money to his grandmother.

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

8. In Chapter 12, what cocktail does the Botanist make Jones?
(a) A gin and tonic.
(b) A Jack and Coke.
(c) A whiskey sour.
(d) A vodka and cranberry.

9. In Chapter 12, why does Jones think the Botanist might think he is a bit dumb?
(a) He talks more than he thinks he should about reality television.
(b) He pretends not to understand the Botanist's literary references.
(c) He says "huh" and "what" often during their conversation.
(d) He does not understand the Botanist's scientific references.

10. Where is the university Jones attends in Chapter 10 located?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) New York City.
(c) Bowling Green, Kentucky.
(d) Huston, Texas.

11. In Chapter 17, at what hour does Jones routinely wake up?
(a) 7 a.m.
(b) 9 a.m.
(c) 4:45 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

12. What does the Botanist have many of in his apartment?
(a) Birds.
(b) Potted trees.
(c) Cakes.
(d) Lamps.

13. What is playing on the television in the Botanist's bedroom when Jones and he enter it?
(a) Pornography.
(b) A nature documentary.
(c) The news.
(d) A romantic comedy movie.

14. In Chapter 12, what kinds of things does the Botanist say during sex with Jones that disturbs Jones?
(a) Things about his own childhood.
(b) Racist things.
(c) Things about his own wife.
(d) Romantic things.

15. In Chapter 14, what makes Jones pay closer attention to the conversation his friend and his friend's roommate are having?
(a) He thinks he hears them plotting a crime.
(b) He thinks he hears them talking about financial aid for college.
(c) He thinks he hears one of them say the N-word.
(d) He thinks he hears them talking about him in a derogatory way.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what does Jones tell his mother about how he spent New Year's Eve?

2. Which author does Jones begin Part Three with a quote from?

3. What does Jones's mother say about his happiness in Chapter 11?

4. In Part Four, what grocery store does Jones's mother write that she often went to for food when he was a child?

5. In Chapter 15, what happens suddenly when Jones and the man he is with on New Years Eve are kissing?

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