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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 are shocked and in disbelief.
(b) They believe the doctor has confused her with another patient.
(c) They accept his diagnosis and immediately take Callie to Dr. Luce.
(d) They distrust the doctor.

2. How does Tessie react to Cal when he returns home?
(a) She fully accepts his decision to live as a male.
(b) She ignores him because she is so focused on preparing for Milton's funeral.
(c) She rejects him because she wants him to go back to living as a girl.
(d) She does not understand his decision to run away and to live as a male, but she is working on accepting it.

3. Who discovers Callie's unusual genitals in this chapter?
(a) Dr. Luce.
(b) The emergency room doctor and nurse.
(c) The Object.
(d) Jerome.

4. What is Callie's first step in her physical transformation into a boy?
(a) Getting a short haircut.
(b) Purchasing a bus ticket to Scranton.
(c) Purchasing and wearing a used suit.
(d) Walking like a man.

5. What does Callie do to try to get to know the Obscure Object better?
(a) Callie writes a note to the Object asking her to come over to Middlesex to have dinner.
(b) Callie begins smoking because she knows that the Object is also a smoker.
(c) Callie joins the Drama Club so that she can be in the play with the Object.
(d) Callie agrees to help the girl learn her lines for their class play.

6. Why does Cal want Chapter Eleven to drive through Detroit on their way home for Milton's funeral?
(a) He wants to stop and visit some of Milton's old friends.
(b) He wants to delay seeing Tessie for the first time since deciding to live as a man.
(c) He wants to shop for an outfit to wear to the funeral.
(d) He wants to revisit the settings of her family's history.

7. What is Dr. Luce's specialty?
(a) Hermaphroditism.
(b) Sexual disfunction.
(c) Reproductive medicine.
(d) Endocrinology.

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

9. What does Cal/Callie say the hardest adjustment is that s/he has to make in choosing to live as a man?
(a) Getting used to using men's bathrooms.
(b) Walking like a man.
(c) Dressing like a man.
(d) Asking women out on dates.

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

11. Why do the homeless men beat Cal?
(a) Cal refuses to give them money.
(b) Cal refuses to give them drugs.
(c) They attempt to rape Cal and he tries to resist.
(d) They discover that Cal is a hermaphrodite.

12. Who is the first person to pick Cal/Callie up when s/he begins hitchhiking?
(a) A retired couple.
(b) A red-headed truck driver.
(c) A 30-something gay man.
(d) An old, judgmental woman.

13. Why does Callie hide in the basement bathroom at Baker-Inglis?
(a) She feels safe and comfortable in this seldom used space.
(b) She wants to read the gossip about the other girls written on the bathroom walls.
(c) She wants to catch up on her English class reading.
(d) She likes to look at the crocuses growing outside the window in the bathroom.

14. Who does the Object develop a crush on that upsets Callie?
(a) Chapter Eleven.
(b) Jerome.
(c) Milton.
(d) Rex Reese.

15. What is Callie's initial impression of the Obscure Object?
(a) She hardly notices the new girl in her English class because she is so absorbed in The Illiad.
(b) She falls deeply in love with her.
(c) She is put off by her disinterested attitude.
(d) She is awed by her natural beauty especially her freckles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cal finally call home?

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Tessie and Milton feed their family only traditional Greek foods?

3. What surprises Cal most about Desdemona's appearance when he sees her for the first time since returning home?

4. What does Callie do to try to remove the memory of having sex with Jerome?

5. Where do Rex and Jerome take Callie and the Object while they are vacationing?

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