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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Tessie and Milton react to the ER doctor's diagnosis of Callie?
(a) They believe the doctor has confused her with another patient.
(b) They distrust the doctor.
(c) They are shocked and in disbelief.
(d) They accept his diagnosis and immediately take Callie to Dr. Luce.

2. What does Callie notice about herself when she sees herself in the mirror for the first time after having her hair cut?
(a) She now looks like a boy on the outside, but still feels like a girl inside.
(b) She now looks and feels like a boy.
(c) She will now be able to date women without suffering public ridicule.
(d) Even though she has had her hair cut like a boy, she still looks like a girl.

3. How does Callie avoid going to the theatre with her parents?
(a) She tells them she has menstrual cramps.
(b) She runs away from the hotel.
(c) She stays at the clinic with Dr. Luce.
(d) She tells them she is too tired.

4. What big step do Julie and Cal take in their relationship?
(a) They break up.
(b) They get married.
(c) They have sex.
(d) They tell their parents that they are dating.

5. Why is Ben Scheer so generous towards Cal/Callie?
(a) Ben is a kind hearted man who wants to help Cal/Callie.
(b) Ben believes Cal/Callie is a gay man and hopes to have sex with him.
(c) Ben is too drunk to realize that he continues to pay for Cal/Callie's food, drink and lodging.
(d) Ben wants to convince Cal/Callie to go into business with him.

6. What does Desdemona confess to Cal?
(a) She and Lefty were brother and sister as well as husband and wife.
(b) She had secretly been in love with Dr. Philobosian for years.
(c) She wishes that she and Lefty had never left Turkey.
(d) She never loved Lefty.

7. Which of the following does NOT occur at the hunting lodge?
(a) Jerome, Callie, Rex and the Object smoke marajuana.
(b) Callie stops the Object from becoming intimately involved with Rex.
(c) Jerome and Callie have sex.
(d) Jerome, Callie, Rex and the Object break into the lodge.

8. Why is the Obscure Object transferred to Mr. da Silva's class?
(a) Her teacher, Ms. Lampe, does not want her in her English class any longer.
(b) She has tested out of the lower level English class.
(c) She wants to read the Illiad.
(d) Her parents requested that she be transferred to a more challenging class.

9. Why do all of the Sunday dinner guests except for Father Mike and Zoe stop coming to Middlesex?
(a) The men broke Milton and Tessie's good coffee cups.
(b) Milton's political loyalties lie with the U.S. while the other men's lie with Greece.
(c) Milton throws the men out of his home after an argument.
(d) Milton is offended by the men's comments about Tessie's cooking.

10. How does Callie's physical development compare to that of the other girls in her sixth grade class?
(a) Callie and the other girls are both beginning to go through puberty.
(b) Callie is much less developed than the other girls.
(c) Callie and the other girls have not reached puberty yet.
(d) Callie is much more developed than the other girls.

11. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Tessie and Milton feed their family only traditional Greek foods?
(a) Tessie and Milton only know how to cook Greek foods.
(b) Greek food is easier to digest than American food.
(c) Desdemona prefers Greek food.
(d) Mediterranean food has health benefits that help longevity.

12. Which of the following changes in Callie is not typical for a girl to go through during puberty?
(a) Growing armpit hair.
(b) Lowering of the voice.
(c) Breast development.
(d) Growing public hair.

13. What do Zora and Cal have in common?
(a) They both have XY chromosomes.
(b) They were both sexually abused.
(c) They both live as women.
(d) They are both homosexuals.

14. What do the police detectives tell Tessie and Milton is the best thing for them to do to help find Callie?
(a) Hire a private investigator to find Callie.
(b) Search New York City for Callie.
(c) Call Callie's friends to see if she has gone to see one of them.
(d) Return home to Grosse Pointe to wait for her to call.

15. What hormone does Callie's body not produce because of her 5-alpha-reductase deficiency?
(a) Androgen.
(b) Dihydrotestosterone.
(c) Testosterone.
(d) Estrogen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of business does Bob Presto own and run?

2. What is Dr. Luce's specialty?

3. Which book is the only one that Milton and Tessie complete during their quest to complete the Great Books series?

4. Where do Callie and the Object spend most of their days in the summer?

5. What course of treatment does Dr. Luce recommend for Callie?

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