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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 14, what makes Jones pay closer attention to the conversation his friend and his friend's roommate are having?
(a) He thinks he hears them talking about him in a derogatory way.
(b) He thinks he hears them plotting a crime.
(c) He thinks he hears them talking about financial aid for college.
(d) He thinks he hears one of them say the N-word.

2. In Chapter 16, how does Jones feel about his mother's place in their family?
(a) She was the one everyone always worried about.
(b) She drove everyone apart.
(c) She was the one everyone wanted to make proud.
(d) She kept everyone together.

3. What is playing on the television in the Botanist's bedroom when Jones and he enter it?
(a) A romantic comedy movie.
(b) Pornography.
(c) The news.
(d) A nature documentary.

4. In Chapter 12, what does Jones tell the Botanist his name is?
(a) Robin.
(b) Jeff.
(c) John.
(d) Cody.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what kinds of trees on campus remind Jones of his grandmother's house?

2. In Chapter 15, what does the man Jones is with on New Year's Eve keep repeating to Jones?

3. In Chapter 16, why does Jones feel he has to be so disciplined about his work?

4. In Chapter 10, what does Jones do for the first time at a college party?

5. In Chapter 16, where does Jones live?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, why does Jones end up attending the college he attends?

2. In Chapter 16, what does writing come to mean to Jones?

3. In Chapter 14, what happens that prompts Dane to panic when he and Jones are engaged in sexual activity?

4. In Chapter 10, what is Jones's good-bye with his mother like when they part ways after he arrives at college?

5. In Chapter 14, what happens in Dane's apartment that upsets Jones?

6. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother write to him in her letter from 2007?

7. In Chapter 13, why does Jones keep seeing the Botanist?

8. In Chapter 11, how do Jones's friends react when he tells them he has still not told his mother he is gay?

9. In Chapter 12, what is unusual about the Botanist's apartment that Jones notices quickly?

10. In Chapter 15, how does Jones meet Daniel?

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