This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VII ("Time Drags When You're Miserable") and Chapter VII ("Some Jerk").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," what color does Melissa (George) want to choose for her journal entry, and what color does she actually choose?
(a) Pink; purple.
(b) Purple; orange.
(c) Fuchsia; pink.
(d) Orange; fuchsia.

2. In Chapter I, "Secrets," it is implied that Melissa (George) hides her ChapStick in the spring because of what?
(a) She knows that her mother will use it all up.
(b) Her mother thinks that using ChapStick is bad for you.
(c) Scott is always taking her things and ruining them.
(d) She thinks that her mother would realize that she is using it like lipgloss.

3. In Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," what are readers told that Kelly smells like?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Pencil shavings and oranges.
(c) Goldfish crackers.
(d) Baby powder and lilac.

4. In Chapter VI, "Taken," what does Melissa's (George's) mother forbid?
(a) Wearing her clothes or going in her room.
(b) Any more discussion of Melissa's gender identity.
(c) Collecting more magazines.
(d) Using the phone or computer for one month.

5. In Chapter VI, "Taken," there is another scene where Melissa (George) is coming home and struggling to get the door open. What is the function of this scene?
(a) It echoes the beginning of the book and reminds us that Melissa has made a lot of progress and now has nothing to fear.
(b) It reminds us that Melissa is an independent and competent child who can solve her own problems.
(c) It reminds us that Melissa is completely alone, both literally and metaphorically.
(d) It echoes the beginning of the book and reminds us of the magazines and Melissa's fears about being caught with them.