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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. Which author does Jones begin Part Three with a quote from?
(a) Sadie Jones.
(b) Nikki Giovanni.
(c) Roxanne Gay.
(d) Danez Smith.

2. In Chapter 11, what does Jones tell his friends about his relationship with his mother that shocks many of them?
(a) His mother does not realize he has been in contact with his father.
(b) His mother thinks he is a Catholic.
(c) His mother does not know how much he dislikes Buddhism.
(d) He has not yet come out to his mother.

3. In Chapter 11, what does Jones use the tree branches in his grandmother's backyard for as a child?
(a) To swing with his cat from.
(b) To use as imaginary antlers.
(c) To use as a baseball bat.
(d) As part of the show he imagines himself putting on.

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

5. In Chapter 11, what do Jones and his mother often say to each other on the phone?
(a) Kisses.
(b) Until we meet again.
(c) Bon voyage.
(d) It was good to hear your voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Botanist have many of in his apartment?

2. In Chapter 14, what does Jones do in his friend's apartment as his friend and his roommate play video games?

3. In Chapter 14, which friend of Jones's does he play a "game" with that involves answering questions honestly?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Jones say happened to his mother with age?

5. In Chapter 16, why does Jones's mother say they do not eat coconut cake in their family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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