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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter X, "Transformations," what does Mr. Jackson call Melissa?
(a) A talented girl.
(b) A surprise star.
(c) A troublemaker.
(d) A clown.

2. In Chapter IX, "Dinner at Arnie's," why does Scott think that their mother must be upset?
(a) She seems very distracted.
(b) She yelled at him in the car for no real reason.
(c) They are eating at a restaurant on a weekday.
(d) She lets them eat dessert before dinner.

3. In Chapter XII, "Melissa Goes to the Zoo," what surprises Melissa about the women's restroom?
(a) It is not pink.
(b) It smells just like the men's bathrooms she has been in.
(c) The women inside are talking and checking their makeup.
(d) It has more mirrors than the men's bathrooms she has been in.

4. In Chapter X, "Transformations," Ms. Udell is described as struggling to "wrangle" her students (144). What is Ms. Udell having a hard time doing?
(a) Teach them.
(b) Dismiss them.
(c) Control them.
(d) Like them.

5. In Chapter XI, "Invitations," what does Melissa ask if she can do if she goes to therapy?
(a) Wear dresses to school.
(b) Tell her father that she is a girl.
(c) Be called "Melissa."
(d) Grow her hair out and "be" a girl.

6. In Chapter XII, "Melissa Goes to the Zoo," what does Melissa tell Kelly about her all-black outfit?
(a) It makes her look much older.
(b) It is depressing.
(c) It makes her look like Ms. Udell.
(d) It looks like she is going to a funeral at the zoo.

7. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," what does Melissa tell Kelly that prompts Kelly to say "That's not fair!" (105)?
(a) Melissa tells Kelly that her mother will not let her go in her room anymore.
(b) Melissa tells Kelly about Jeff punching her.
(c) Melissa tells Kelly that her mother will not let her go live with her father permanently.
(d) Melissa tells Kelly about her mother taking the magazines.

8. In the very end of Chapter IX, "Dinner at Arnie's," Melissa thinks what about Scott?
(a) He accepted her explanation of her gender more easily than she guessed he would.
(b) At least now he will stop teasing her about Kelly being her girlfriend.
(c) It is frustrating that he assumed she was gay without talking to her about it.
(d) She is very glad to have him as an older brother.

9. In Chapter X, "Transformations," what does Melissa's mother do before Melissa goes backstage?
(a) Kisses her on the cheek.
(b) Asks where Kelly's father is.
(c) Reminds her to do her best.
(d) Tells her that her father is in the audience.

10. In Chapter X, "Transformations," what does Melissa do when she is pulled out in front of the clapping audience?
(a) Stare hard at her mother.
(b) Pull Kelly over to stand at her side.
(c) Curtsy.
(d) Blush and begin to cry.

11. When, in Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," Melissa says that she would need parental permission to get hormone therapy, what does Kelly say?
(a) That taking hormones is not the only way for Melissa to feel more comfortable in her body.
(b) That Melissa's mother will let her do it.
(c) That hormone therapy should be for adults, anyway.
(d) That she should just ask her father.

12. In Chapter X, "Transformations," what does Kelly do as Melissa speaks her first lines as Charlotte?
(a) Shake the ladder as a joke.
(b) Start to giggle.
(c) Whisper the lines to her.
(d) Take pictures.

13. In Chapter IX, "Dinner at Arnie's," what is Scott's first guess about what Melissa told their mother?
(a) That she is transgender.
(b) That she has a crush on Kelly.
(c) That she has been having a hard time at school.
(d) That she is gay.

14. In Chapter X, "Transformations," the narrator describes Templeton as gathering "sesquipedalian" words (156). What are "sesquipedalian" words?
(a) Insults.
(b) Words that are hard to pronounce.
(c) Long words.
(d) Made-up words.

15. In the beginning of Chapter X, "Transformations," what does Jeff do to show his anger at Melissa?
(a) Kills a spider in front of her.
(b) Makes fun of her in front of the class.
(c) Spits at her.
(d) Punches her again.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter XII, "Melissa Goes to the Zoo," what does the air in Kelly's room smell like?

2. In Chapter XII, "Melissa Goes to the Zoo," Uncle Bill says that Kelly has more confidence than a "rampaging rhinoceros" (189). What would a rampaging rhinoceros be doing?

3. In the beginning of Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," how does Kelly treat Melissa?

4. In Chapter XI, "Invitations," what does Rick say to Jeff?

5. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," who takes Jeff and Melissa to the restroom to wash up?

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