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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 12, what does Jones tell the Botanist his name is?
2. In Chapter 10, what does Jones think about the way his mother looks as they go together to drop him off at college?
3. In Chapter 13, what does Jones say happened to his mother with age?
4. In Chapter 10, who does Jones engage in sexual activity with at his first college party?
5. In Chapter 12, what kinds of things does the Botanist say during sex with Jones that disturbs Jones?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 12, why do you think Jones tells the Botanist his name is Cody?
2. In Chapter 12, how does Jones feel after having sex with the Botanist, and why?
3. In Chapter 15, how does Jones end up feeling about Daniel just before Jones flees from Daniel's apartment?
4. In Chapter 13, what does Jones's mother do that alarms him?
5. In Chapter 16, what does Jones think about what he would do if anyone ever treated him as Daniel once had?
6. In Chapter 11, how do Jones's friends react when he tells them he has still not told his mother he is gay?
7. In Chapter 10, how does Jones dress for his arrival at college, and why does he soon regret his choice?
8. In Chapter 16, what does writing come to mean to Jones?
9. In Chapter 14, what is the purpose of Jones's Question Game with Dane?
10. In Chapter 15, how does Jones meet Daniel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 1, how does Jones decide to try to find out more about what it means to be gay, and what happens when he embarks on this research? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 20, why does Jones feel so conflicted about receiving his mother's life insurance money? What does receiving the money highlight for him about the tragedy of his mother's death and of the way she lived in terms of struggling to make ends meet? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments.
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