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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 16, why does Jones set the schedule he does for himself?
2. What is the last thing Jones's mother says to him when she drops him off at college?
3. What does the Botanist have hanging from his lamps?
4. In Chapter 16, which poet who has recently died does Jones particularly admire?
5. In Chapter 14, what is the name of the man Jones meets at the New Year's Eve party and who changes his life?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 11, how does Jones feel after he eventually tells his mother he is gay?
2. In Chapter 11, how do Jones's friends react when he tells them he has still not told his mother he is gay?
3. In Chapter 10, what is Jones's good-bye with his mother like when they part ways after he arrives at college?
4. In Chapter 16, what does Jones think about what he would do if anyone ever treated him as Daniel once had?
5. In Chapter 15, how does Jones end up feeling about Daniel just before Jones flees from Daniel's apartment?
6. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother write to him in her letter from 2007?
7. In Chapter 16, what does writing come to mean to Jones?
8. In Chapter 10, how does Jones dress for his arrival at college, and why does he soon regret his choice?
9. In Chapter 11, what do the dogwood trees on campus remind Jones of from his childhood?
10. In Chapter 17, what does Jones's mother make it clear she wants him to do and how does it turn out?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 6, what effect does Jones's viewing of The Laramie Project, the play based on Matthew Shepard's life, have on his feelings about his own sexuality? How does Jones feel about some of his peers' reactions to the play? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 9, how do Jones and his mother process and handle Carol's worsening health and diagnosis of congestive heart illness? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 3, Jones writes: "Just as some cultures have a hundred words for 'snow,' there should be a hundred words in our language for all the ways a black boy can lie awake at night." (24). Write an essay explaining what you think Jones means by this statement, and how it relates to the experiences he has related to the reader thus far in the book.
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