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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Jones's mother work at for a brief time during her twenties?
(a) Paralegal.
(b) Waitress.
(c) Fashion model.
(d) Mechanic.

2. Who are the two neighbors Jones watches from his window as a boy in Chapter 1?
(a) Sam and Robert.
(b) Cody and Sam.
(c) Jeff and John.
(d) Mark and Henry.

3. In Chapter 3, who is the man who is killed whose death Jones sees reported on the news?
(a) James Byrd Jr.
(b) John Robertson.
(c) Robert Milken.
(d) David Bline.

4. In Chapter 5, as Jones gets older, what does he start to notice more?
(a) Gay music.
(b) Gay bars.
(c) Men's and boy's beautiful bodies.
(d) Gay literature.

5. How is the black man whose death Jones sees reported on the news killed in Chapter 3?
(a) Three white supremacists stab him to death.
(b) He is poisoned by his partner.
(c) He is shot by three white supremacists.
(d) Three white supremacists beat him, chain him to their truck and drag him behind them as they drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what play does Jones and his class see in high school?

2. In Chapter 6, who is the play Jones sees in high school primarily about?

3. In Chapter 6, what happens when Jones tries to kiss the man in the library?

4. In Chapter 8, what university ends up offering Jones a full scholarship for attendance there?

5. What kinds of books does Jones particularly like to read as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what had caused Jones's grandmother to hit him across the face several summers earlier?

2. In Chapter 8, what does NYU and the possibility of living in New York seem to represent for Jones?

3. In Chapter 1, how does Jones describe his mother's appearance and demeanor?

4. In Chapter 4, why does Jones's mother send him to Memphis to stay with his grandmother for half of each summer every year?

5. In Chapter 1, what is the book that Jones becomes enamored with, and why?

6. In Chapter 5, what does Jones say you never forget?

7. In Chapter 1, what do all the books Jones finds in the library about being gay have in common?

8. In Chapter 2, how does Jones feel when Cody calls him a faggot?

9. In Chapter 8, what happens after Jones is accepted into New York University for college?

10. In Chapter 5, what kinds of stories is Jones very interested in in adolescence, and why?

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