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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 12, which of the following lies does Jones tell the Botanist when they first meet?
(a) He is a science major.
(b) He is rich.
(c) He is not really gay.
(d) He is an athlete.

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

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

7. In Chapter 10, what does Jones's RA persuade him and some of his fellow students to do?
(a) Trust falls.
(b) Cook dinner together.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Play sports together.

8. 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.

9. In Chapter 14, what question does Jones's friend ask him that he had not expected him to ask so early in the game?
(a) Whether he has ever had sex with a woman.
(b) Whether he will ever get married someday.
(c) What it feels like to have sex with a man.
(d) When he came out to his family.

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

11. 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) Pictures of the man from the party.
(c) A tape recorder.
(d) Some physical sign that what had happened had actually happened.

12. In Chapter 16, where does Jones live?
(a) Jersey City, New Jersey.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Memphis.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what scares Jones's friend so much that he panics?

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. In Chapter 16, why is Jones hesitant to do what his mother asks of him?

4. In Chapter 14, what question does Jones ask his friend that he has found all straight men like?

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

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