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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. Which author does Jones begin Part Three with a quote from?
2. In Chapter 14, what scares Jones's friend so much that he panics?
3. In Chapter 13, what does Jones go back to Lewisville to help his mother with in the summer of 2006?
4. In Chapter 13, how does Jones explain his choice to see the Botanist again?
5. In Chapter 16, where does Jones go for his MFA?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 12, how does Jones feel after having sex with the Botanist, and why?
2. In Chapter 11, how does Jones feel after he eventually tells his mother he is gay?
3. In Part Four, what does Jones's mother write to him in her letter from 2007?
4. In Chapter 10, what is Jones's good-bye with his mother like when they part ways after he arrives at college?
5. In Chapter 14, what happens that prompts Dane to panic when he and Jones are engaged in sexual activity?
6. In Chapter 17, why does Jones strive to stay so disciplined with his writing work?
7. In Chapter 16, what does writing come to mean to Jones?
8. In Chapter 11, what do the dogwood trees on campus remind Jones of from his childhood?
9. In Chapter 15, how does Jones end up feeling about Daniel just before Jones flees from Daniel's apartment?
10. In Chapter 10, what happens to Jones at the first college party he attends?
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 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.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 11, how does Jones feel about the conversation he has with his mother in which he tells her he is gay? What surprises him about his relationship with his mother and what happens after that conversation? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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