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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does Olivia suggest Braden read?
(a) Butler.
(b) LeGuin.
(c) Hobb.
(d) Jemisin.

2. Which movement from Holst’s The Planets is Lily set to play?
(a) Mars.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Venus.

3. Who is Asher’s hockey coach?
(a) Voss.
(b) Perrier.
(c) San Pellegrino.
(d) Lacroix.

4. Which of the following does the novel note has been adapted as a musical?
(a) Between the Lines.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Nineteen Minutes.
(d) Wish You Were Here.

5. With which of the following did Lily fence?
(a) Cutlass.
(b) Epee.
(c) Sabre.
(d) Foil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Lily’s imaginary spider?

2. What position does Dirk play?

3. What prompted Selena’s major surgery?

4. What kind of bird startles Olivia as she searches for Asher amid his trial?

5. In what grade was Lily when she got Boris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difference does Lily note between herself in Asher in their early exchange of personal secrets?

2. In the novel, what is a steamed cheese?

3. How does the novel explain the effects of TTP?

4. What reasons does Lily posit for having chosen to play cello?

5. What does Ava cite as early evidence of Lily’s status as trans?

6. How does the novel gloss the acronym SGCN?

7. How is the process of Lily’s medical transition glossed by the surgeon who performed the surgical portion of her transition?

8. Why, per Olivia, does honey prevent hangovers?

9. How does the novel gloss the term “chaser”?

10. What evidence of a skunk’s presence at her hives does Olivia have?

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