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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 is the last thing Jones's mother says to him when she drops him off at college?
(a) She tells him she will be OK without him.
(b) She tells him not to have sex without a condom.
(c) She tells him to visit his grandmother.
(d) She tells him she loves him.

2. Which other speech and debate student does Jones attend a party with in Chapter 10?
(a) John.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Thea.
(d) Martha.

3. What kind of shoes does Jones wear to move into his university in Chapter 10?
(a) Loafers.
(b) Sandals.
(c) Narrow Chelsea boots.
(d) Sneakers.

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 swing with his cat from.
(c) To use as imaginary antlers.
(d) As part of the show he imagines himself putting on.

5. Which student was brutally beaten, raped, and killed at the university Jones attends?
(a) Melissa "Katie" Autry.
(b) Jennifer James.
(c) Joyce Willard.
(d) Melinda Carter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 16, what kinds of drinks does Jones's mother order for everyone in Memphis?

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

4. In Part Four, what grocery store does Jones's mother write that she often went to for food when he was a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 10, what happens to Jones at the first college party he attends?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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