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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. In Chapter 8, what is standing in the way of Jones attending the university he wants to attend?
(a) He and his mother can not afford the tuition, even with financial aid.
(b) He does not want to fly on a plane to get there.
(c) He has not taken the appropriate entry exams to apply to the university.
(d) His grandmother has forbidden him to go to college.

2. In Chapter 8, what section of Dallas does Jones begin going to more often?
(a) Tulip Circle.
(b) Cedar Springs.
(c) Oakland Row.
(d) Sycamore Lane.

3. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother find in his room that causes her to make him pray with her?
(a) Racy novels.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Magazine pictures of bare-chested men.

4. What is Jones surprised about regarding the items he, Cody and Sam take from the hut in the woods?
(a) How decent the food tastes.
(b) How glamorous the magazine spreads look.
(c) How dirty the bottles of water are.
(d) How strong the drugs are.

5. In Chapter 9, what symptoms cause Jones's mother to go to the hospital?
(a) She can not move her legs.
(b) She has terrible abdominal pain.
(c) She has the worst headache of her life.
(d) She is short of breath and had collapsed earlier after work in the parking lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what was the first man Jones tried to kiss wearing?

2. In Chapter 8, who does Jones go to New York City with when he is a child?

3. What do Cody and Sam do to Jones on one occasion when they are supposed to be trading magazines?

4. Who are the two neighbors Jones watches from his window as a boy in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Jones imagine the man in the library doing after he leaves the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, why does Jones start visiting the Cedar Springs section of Dallas as much as he can?

2. In Chapter 2, why is Jones excited and happy when his neighbor Cody asks him to go out in the woods with him and his brother?

3. In Chapter 2, what does Jones, Cody, and Sam find in the woods that they split up and share?

4. In Chapter 4, why is Jones so upset with the evangelical preacher's "prayer" for him and his mother?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother get very upset about finding in his bedroom?

6. In Chapter 8, how does Jones feel about New York City after his first visit there?

7. In Chapter 4, what makes Jones think he will refuse to come to his grandmother's for future summers?

8. In Chapter 9, what illness does Jones and his mother find out she is suffering from, and who does Jones call to tell the rest of the family?

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

10. In Chapter 3, how does Jones feel when he hears about the murder of James Byrd Jr.?

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