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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 19, what is one way Jones has of dealing with the trauma he experienced on New Year's Eve?
2. Which author does Jones begin Part Three with a quote from?
3. What is one difference Jones thinks exists between speech and debate students and theater students?
4. In Chapter 16, what strikes Jones as a common thread between gay, black, and male poets?
5. In Chapter 16, where does Jones live?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 17, why does Jones strive to stay so disciplined with his writing work?
2. In Chapter 14, what happens that prompts Dane to panic when he and Jones are engaged in sexual activity?
3. In Chapter 16, what does Jones think about what he would do if anyone ever treated him as Daniel once had?
4. In Chapter 11, how does Jones feel after he eventually tells his mother he is gay?
5. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother write to him in her letter from 2007?
6. In Chapter 12, how does Jones feel after having sex with the Botanist, and why?
7. In Chapter 15, how does Jones meet Daniel?
8. In Chapter 12, what is unusual about the Botanist's apartment that Jones notices quickly?
9. In Chapter 16, what does writing come to mean to Jones?
10. In Chapter 13, what does Jones's mother do that alarms him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 7, what are the circumstances involved when Jones meets the first man he ever tries to kiss? How does that experience affect Jones's subsequent early sexual encounters with men? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 12, why does Jones choose to create false names and personas for himself when meeting men for casual sexual encounters? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 4, what starts to change within Jones's relationship with his grandmother? Why does Jones no longer want to spend part of the summers with her? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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