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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ben Scheer so generous towards Cal/Callie?
(a) Ben wants to convince Cal/Callie to go into business with him.
(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 is a kind hearted man who wants to help Cal/Callie.

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

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

4. Who is the kidnapper?
(a) Dr. Philobosian.
(b) Father Mike.
(c) Chapter Eleven
(d) Milton.

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

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

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

8. Which book is the only one that Milton and Tessie complete during their quest to complete the Great Books series?
(a) The Complete Works of Socrates.
(b) The Prince by Machiavelli.
(c) The Republic by Plato.
(d) Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.

9. What does Callie do to convince her mother that she does not need to visit the gynecologist?
(a) She tells her mother about her unusual genitals.
(b) She prays that her mother will cancel the appointment.
(c) She stuffs her bra with tissues to convince her mother that she has developed breasts.
(d) She pretends to get her first period.

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

11. How does Bob Presto know that Cal/Callie is not a college student?
(a) Cal/Callie does not have a high school diploma.
(b) Cal/Callie takes a job working for Bob Presto.
(c) Cal/Callie wants to go to San Francisco instead of Los Angeles.
(d) Cal/Callie does not know what city Stanford is in.

12. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Callie is concerned about her upcoming appointment with Dr. Bauer?
(a) The Object tells Callie that Dr. Bauer is perverted.
(b) He is a gynecologist and she knows that her genitals are different than other girls'.
(c) The Object tells Callie that the exam is painful.
(d) Callie is concerned that he will be able to tell that she is sexually attracted to girls.

13. Why is Tessie angry at Milton after his death?
(a) She believes he killed himself.
(b) She believes he drove Father Mike to black mail him.
(c) He was willing to meet and pay the kidnapper and did not tell her about it.
(d) He left her penniless and alone.

14. What does Callie do to try to get to know the Obscure Object better?
(a) Callie agrees to help the girl learn her lines for their class play.
(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 writes a note to the Object asking her to come over to Middlesex to have dinner.

15. What does Chapter Eleven believe gives him the ability to finally beat his father at ping-pong?
(a) Practice.
(b) Meg Zemka.
(c) LSD.
(d) Callie's support.

Short Answer Questions

1. What synonym for "hermaphrodite" does Callie see in the dictionary that upsets her?

2. What is Callie's first step in her physical transformation into a boy?

3. Why does the man who claims to have Callie want Milton to negotiate a ransom price with him?

4. What does Callie notice about herself when she sees herself in the mirror for the first time after having her hair cut?

5. Who is the first person to pick Cal/Callie up when s/he begins hitchhiking?

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