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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 13, why does Jones become concerned about his mother driving the U-Haul?
2. In Chapter 16, why does Jones's mother say they do not eat coconut cake in their family?
3. In Chapter 10, what does Jones do for the first time at a college party?
4. What kind of shoes does Jones wear to move into his university in Chapter 10?
5. In Chapter 10, who does Jones engage in sexual activity with at his first college party?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 16, what does writing come to mean to Jones?
2. In Chapter 15, how does Jones meet Daniel?
3. In Chapter 13, what does Jones's mother do that alarms him?
4. In Chapter 11, how do Jones's friends react when he tells them he has still not told his mother he is gay?
5. In Chapter 17, why does Jones strive to stay so disciplined with his writing work?
6. In Chapter 11, what do the dogwood trees on campus remind Jones of from his childhood?
7. In Chapter 10, what happens to Jones at the first college party he attends?
8. In Chapter 11, how does Jones feel after he eventually tells his mother he is gay?
9. In Chapter 16, what does Jones think about what he would do if anyone ever treated him as Daniel once had?
10. In Chapter 12, how does Jones feel after having sex with the Botanist, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 8, what are some of the tactics and plans that both Jones and his mother consider to try to be able to afford the college tuition there after Jones is accepted? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.
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 11, how does Jones feel about coming out to so many people at college? What topics does he feel that people sometimes recoil or express some disgust or displeasure about when he brings them up that are related to his sexuality? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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