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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, where does Jones go for his MFA?
(a) New York University.
(b) Yale.
(c) Rutgers-Newark.
(d) Brown.

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

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

4. 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 losing his virginity was like.
(c) He asks what he does to turn girls on.
(d) He asks what his favorite kinds of breasts are.

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

6. In Chapter 16, which poet who has recently died does Jones particularly admire?
(a) Bayard Rustin.
(b) Lewis Smurl.
(c) Reginald Shepherd.
(d) John Baldwin.

7. In Chapter 12, what does Jones tell the Botanist when he leaves his house after their first encounter?
(a) To turn himself into the police.
(b) To call him again.
(c) To meet him in the park that weekend.
(d) To delete his number.

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

9. In Chapter 15, where does Jones spend New Year's Eve in 2007?
(a) New York City.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Atlanta.

10. What kind of shoes does Jones wear to move into his university in Chapter 10?
(a) Sneakers.
(b) Loafers.
(c) Sandals.
(d) Narrow Chelsea boots.

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

12. In Chapter 13, what does Jones predict will happen to his mother in Atlanta?
(a) She will find more Buddhists to spend time with.
(b) She will get a great promotion.
(c) She will get better health care.
(d) She will meet a man.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who does Jones engage in sexual activity with at his first college party?

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

3. In Chapter 14, what does Jones start doing to his friend in his friend's car?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Jones tell his friends about his relationship with his mother that shocks many of them?

5. In Chapter 11, what do Jones and his mother often say to each other on the phone?

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