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

2. Where is Chapter 1 set?
(a) Memphis, Tennessee.
(b) Lubbock, Texas.
(c) Lewisville, Texas.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

3. 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 shot by three white supremacists.
(c) Three white supremacists beat him, chain him to their truck and drag him behind them as they drive.
(d) He is poisoned by his partner.

4. In Chapter 6, why is Jones's mother upset about what she finds on Jones's computer?
(a) She realizes Jones has been communicating with older men online.
(b) She realizes Jones has been looking for his father online.
(c) She realizes Jones has been plotting to run away.
(d) She realizes Jones has been buying expensive pornography online.

5. In Chapter 5, what does Jones write that you never forget the first instance of?
(a) The first time you have sex.
(b) The first time you realize your mother has lied to you.
(c) The first time you realize you are mortal
(d) The first time someone calls you a faggot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Well into his high school years, what does Jones have recurring dreams about?

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

3. In Chapter 4, what does Jones realize after his grandmother takes him to the pulpit of her church?

4. In Chapter 1, what book does Jones begin that he comes to love?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what bothers Jones about some of his classmates' reactions to the play they see in his high school together?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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