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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14, what does Jones do in his friend's apartment as his friend and his roommate play video games?
(a) Drinks heavily.
(b) Smokes.
(c) Reads.
(d) Exercises.

3. In Chapter 12, what does Jones tell the Botanist his name is?
(a) Cody.
(b) Robin.
(c) Jeff.
(d) John.

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

5. In Chapter 19, what is one way Jones has of dealing with the trauma he experienced on New Year's Eve?
(a) He writes about it.
(b) He tells his grandmother about it.
(c) He goes for long walks in nature.
(d) He goes for a swim every morning to clear his head.

6. 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.

7. In Chapter 13, what does the Botanist do that surprises Jones and makes him feel awkward?
(a) Invites Jones to meet his son.
(b) Invites a woman to have a sexual experience with them.
(c) Invites his mother to have dinner with the two of them.
(d) Invite another man to have a sexual experience with them.

8. 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) Sending money to his grandmother.
(d) Cooking for himself.

9. In Chapter 12, what does the Botanist's online profile say about him?
(a) He has a pet snake.
(b) He never works out.
(c) He is a botanist, but he does not like plants.
(d) He is straight-acting and only into other straight-acting men.

10. In Chapter 10, who does Jones engage in sexual activity with at his first college party?
(a) Rob.
(b) James.
(c) Roman.
(d) Colby.

11. In Chapter 15, what does Jones tell his mother about how he spent New Year's Eve?
(a) That he met someone he really likes.
(b) That he was badly beaten.
(c) That he will come home now after dropping out of college because of something that happened on New Year's Eve.
(d) Only that he want to a house party.

12. In Chapter 16, why does Jones set the schedule he does for himself?
(a) So he can write for at least an hour every morning.
(b) So he can do his Buddhist chanting.
(c) So he can talk with his mother every day.
(d) So he can get up and exercise.

13. In Chapter 16, what does Jones start to wish he had as a result of his New Year's Eve experience?
(a) A tape recorder.
(b) A friend to confide in.
(c) Pictures of the man from the party.
(d) Some physical sign that what had happened had actually happened.

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

15. In Chapter 13, why does Jones become concerned about his mother driving the U-Haul?
(a) He sees her being unsure of the directions.
(b) He sees it swerving and knows she is exhausted.
(c) He thinks she is driving too fast and might get a ticket.
(d) He sees her smoking too much in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, where does Jones live?

2. In Chapter 11, what kinds of trees on campus remind Jones of his grandmother's house?

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

4. What kind of shoes does Jones wear to move into his university in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 16, what book is Jones's class in high school currently reading?

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