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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 does the Botanist have many of in his apartment?
(a) Potted trees.
(b) Lamps.
(c) Birds.
(d) Cakes.

2. In Chapter 12, what does Jones tell the Botanist when he leaves his house after their first encounter?
(a) To meet him in the park that weekend.
(b) To turn himself into the police.
(c) To delete his number.
(d) To call him again.

3. In Chapter 15, what does Jones do for his attacker on New Year's Eve before leaving his apartment?
(a) Calls 911 to come for him.
(b) Covers him with a blanket.
(c) Tries to give him a glass of water.
(d) Calls a number of a relative from the man's cell phone.

4. In Chapter 11, what does Jones use the tree branches in his grandmother's backyard for as a child?
(a) To use as a baseball bat.
(b) To use as imaginary antlers.
(c) As part of the show he imagines himself putting on.
(d) To swing with his cat from.

5. In Chapter 11, what joke does Jones reference when he tells his mother he is gay?
(a) Not even his clothes are in the closet anymore.
(b) He may be bringing a new friend home for the holidays for her to meet.
(c) He really likes musicals.
(d) He can help her with fashion advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the university Jones attends in Chapter 10 located?

2. In Chapter 11, what does Jones tell his friends about his relationship with his mother that shocks many of them?

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

4. In Chapter 14, which friend of Jones's does he play a "game" with that involves answering questions honestly?

5. In Chapter 16, what strikes Jones as a common thread between gay, black, and male poets?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what is the purpose of Jones's Question Game with Dane?

2. In Chapter 10, how does Jones dress for his arrival at college, and why does he soon regret his choice?

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

4. In Chapter 12, how does Jones feel after having sex with the Botanist, and why?

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

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

7. In Chapter 12, why do you think Jones tells the Botanist his name is Cody?

8. In Chapter 17, why does Jones strive to stay so disciplined with his writing work?

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

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

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