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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) Mechanic.
(c) Fashion model.
(d) Waitress.

2. In Chapter 7, where does the man next to Jones at the library computer terminals ask Jones to meet him?
(a) In the last stall of the library restroom.
(b) In his own house a few blocks away.
(c) In the gay bar downtown.
(d) In the bookstore about a ten-minute walk from the library.

3. In Chapter 1, what book does Jones begin that he comes to love?
(a) The Bluest Eye.
(b) Another Country.
(c) The Invisible Man.
(d) Beloved.

4. Where does Jones's mother work in Chapter 1?
(a) City Hall.
(b) A law office.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) The airport.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what is standing in the way of Jones attending the university he wants to attend?

2. In Chapter 4, what does Jones's grandmother often call him affectionately?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Jones do with the man in the library?

4. What is Jones surprised about regarding the items he, Cody and Sam take from the hut in the woods?

5. What other murdered man does Jones connect the figure at the heart of they play he sees in high school with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 1, what does Jones find tucked away in the book he is enamored with that intrigues him?

6. In the summer after Jones finishes sixth grade, what does he spend much of his days doing?

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

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

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

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

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