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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 question does Jones ask his friend that he has found all straight men like?
(a) He asks what his favorite kinds of breasts are.
(b) He asks what the sexiest thing a girl ever did for him was.
(c) He asks what losing his virginity was like.
(d) He asks what he does to turn girls on.

2. In Chapter 13, why does Jones become concerned about his mother driving the U-Haul?
(a) He sees her smoking too much in it.
(b) He sees it swerving and knows she is exhausted.
(c) He thinks she is driving too fast and might get a ticket.
(d) He sees her being unsure of the directions.

3. In Chapter 15, what does Jones tell his mother about how he spent New Year's Eve?
(a) Only that he want to a house party.
(b) That he will come home now after dropping out of college because of something that happened on New Year's Eve.
(c) That he met someone he really likes.
(d) That he was badly beaten.

4. What is one difference Jones thinks exists between speech and debate students and theater students?
(a) He thinks speech and debate students are shyer than theater students.
(b) He thinks speech and debate students are more arrogant than theater students.
(c) He thinks speech and debate students are smarter than theater students.
(d) He thinks speech and debate students are meaner than theater students.

5. In Chapter 16, what book is Jones's class in high school currently reading?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) The Red Badge of Courage.
(c) The Catcher in the Rye.
(d) Catch-22.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Jones go back to Lewisville to help his mother with in the summer of 2006?

2. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother write in her letter to him that she considered doing several times?

3. In Chapter 13, how does Jones explain his choice to see the Botanist again?

4. In Chapter 10, what book does Jones take out to re-read?

5. In Chapter 12, what does Jones tell the Botanist when he leaves his house after their first encounter?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does Jones think about what he would do if anyone ever treated him as Daniel once had?

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

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

4. In Chapter 11, how does Jones feel after he eventually tells his mother he is gay?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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