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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 live?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Memphis.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Jersey City, New Jersey.

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

3. In Chapter 16, why does Jones feel he has to be so disciplined about his work?
(a) He wants his students to be proud of him.
(b) He needs to make more money.
(c) He does not want years to go by without his having published anything.
(d) He wants his father to be proud of him.

4. 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 goes for a swim every morning to clear his head.
(c) He tells his grandmother about it.
(d) He goes for long walks in nature.

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

6. In Part Four, when does Jones's mother write the heartfelt letter to him?
(a) April 2000.
(b) July 2005.
(c) March 2003.
(d) February 2007.

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

8. Which other speech and debate student does Jones attend a party with in Chapter 10?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Thea.
(c) John.
(d) Martha.

9. In Chapter 11, what does Jones tell his friends about his relationship with his mother that shocks many of them?
(a) His mother thinks he is a Catholic.
(b) He has not yet come out to his mother.
(c) His mother does not know how much he dislikes Buddhism.
(d) His mother does not realize he has been in contact with his father.

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

11. 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 are sick and demented.
(d) You're already dead.

12. What is the last thing Jones's mother says to him when she drops him off at college?
(a) She tells him she will be OK without him.
(b) She tells him not to have sex without a condom.
(c) She tells him she loves him.
(d) She tells him to visit his grandmother.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Botanist have hanging from his lamps?

2. In Chapter 14, what is the name of the man Jones meets at the New Year's Eve party and who changes his life?

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

4. Where is the university Jones attends in Chapter 10 located?

5. In Chapter 13, how does Jones explain his choice to see the Botanist again?

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