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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 13, what does Jones predict will happen to his mother in Atlanta?
(a) She will get better health care.
(b) She will get a great promotion.
(c) She will meet a man.
(d) She will find more Buddhists to spend time with.

2. In Chapter 16, what question begins to plague Jones about what happened New Year's Eve?
(a) If what had happened to him is normal.
(b) If he deserved what had happened to him.
(c) If what had happened to him happens to other people too.
(d) If what had happened to him was torturing the perpetrator as much as it was torturing him.

3. In Chapter 14, what does Jones do in his friend's apartment as his friend and his roommate play video games?
(a) Drinks heavily.
(b) Exercises.
(c) Smokes.
(d) Reads.

4. In Chapter 10, what does Jones do for the first time at a college party?
(a) Drink from a red solo cup.
(b) Go home with two men.
(c) Dress in a toga.
(d) Eat cous cous.

5. In Chapter 16, why does Jones feel he has to be so disciplined about his work?
(a) He wants his students to be proud of him.
(b) He needs to make more money.
(c) He does not want years to go by without his having published anything.
(d) He wants his father to be proud of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does the Botanist do that surprises Jones and makes him feel awkward?

2. In Chapter 17, at what hour does Jones routinely wake up?

3. In Chapter 14, why is Jones's friend so concerned about his car?

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

5. What is one difference Jones thinks exists between speech and debate students and theater students?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 17, what does Jones's mother make it clear she wants him to do and how does it turn out?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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