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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 16, what does Jones's mother insist upon his doing?
(a) Cooking for himself.
(b) Contacting his father once and for all.
(c) Coming to Memphis to help celebrate his grandmother's birthday.
(d) Sending money to his grandmother.

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

3. In Chapter 13, how does Jones explain his choice to see the Botanist again?
(a) He says they both like that they are damaging to each other.
(b) He says they have the same sense of humor.
(c) He says they live in the same town, so it is convenient.
(d) He says they both like plants.

4. Which of the following questions does Jones's mother ask him when he tells her he is gay?
(a) Whether he is ever coming home again.
(b) Whether he has told anyone else yet.
(c) Whether he uses protection.
(d) Whether he has a boyfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, why does Jones think the Botanist might think he is a bit dumb?

2. In Chapter 19, what is one way Jones has of dealing with the trauma he experienced on New Year's Eve?

3. In Chapter 12, what does the Botanist's online profile say about him?

4. In Chapter 14, what question does Jones's friend ask him that he had not expected him to ask so early in the game?

5. In Chapter 13, why does Jones become concerned about his mother driving the U-Haul?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 11, what do the dogwood trees on campus remind Jones of from his childhood?

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

6. In Chapter 15, how does Jones end up feeling about Daniel just before Jones flees from Daniel's apartment?

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

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

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

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

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