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

2. 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 really likes musicals.
(c) He can help her with fashion advice.
(d) He may be bringing a new friend home for the holidays for her to meet.

3. 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 her being unsure of the directions.
(c) He thinks she is driving too fast and might get a ticket.
(d) He sees it swerving and knows she is exhausted.

4. In Chapter 12, which of the following lies does Jones tell the Botanist when they first meet?
(a) He is rich.
(b) He is an athlete.
(c) He is not really gay.
(d) He is a science major.

5. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother write in her letter to him that she considered doing several times?
(a) Asking Jones's father to take custody of him.
(b) Asking her mother to take over raising him.
(c) Killing herself.
(d) Taking drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what book is Jones's class in high school currently reading?

2. In Chapter 16, what does Jones's mother insist upon his doing?

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

4. In Chapter 16, what does Jones start to wish he had as a result of his New Year's Eve experience?

5. In Chapter 11, what do Jones and his mother often say to each other on the phone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 13, what does Jones's mother do that alarms him?

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

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

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