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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What leads Milton to believe that the man calling him has kidnapped Callie?
(a) He has threatened the Stephanides family.
(b) He knows personal family details about her.
(c) He sends Milton a recent picture of Callie.
(d) He hears Callie talking in the background when the man calls.

2. What role is Callie assigned in her English class production of Antigone?
(a) Creon.
(b) Ismene.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Tiresias.

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

4. What surprises Cal most about Desdemona's appearance when he sees her for the first time since returning home?
(a) She has lost weight because of inactivity.
(b) She does not have her hair in her traditional hair net.
(c) She seems to have aged considerably.
(d) She is still confined to her bed.

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

6. How does Milton die?
(a) Father Mike rams his car into Milton's crushing him.
(b) Father Mike shoots Milton while he is following him.
(c) Milton commits suicide because he believes he will never see Callie again.
(d) His car falls off of a bridge and sinks into the river.

7. What is Cal's friend Matt an expert on?
(a) Playing Frisbee.
(b) The Grateful Dead.
(c) Stealing money.
(d) Making t-shirts.

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

9. What is perplexing to Dr. Luce and his colleagues about Callie's condition?
(a) It has been yet to be seen in someone with Turkish ancestry.
(b) She has both male and female genitalia.
(c) It is unusual in someone who has not gone through puberty yet.
(d) She refuses to believe that she is genetically a boy.

10. What concerns Dr. Luce most about Callie's disappearance?
(a) Dr. Luce believes Callie was abducted.
(b) Dr. Luce believes that Callie is in a fragile psychological state after discovering the nature of her condition.
(c) Dr. Luce wants to begin treatment of Callie immediately.
(d) Dr. Luce believes Callie has false information about her condition and would like to set her straight.

11. How does Callie respond to Jerome's sexual advances?
(a) She ignores, but gives into them because she is watching the Object.
(b) She is initially inviting, but stops him before having sex.
(c) She pushes him away and leaves the lodge.
(d) She reciprocates his affection.

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

13. What course of treatment does Dr. Luce recommend for Callie?
(a) A series of hormone injections and cosmetic surgery to ensure that Callie will be able to bear children.
(b) Psychotherapy to help Callie adjust to her hermaphroditism.
(c) A series of hormone injections and cosmetic surgery to make Callie look like the boy he identifies himself as
(d) A series of hormone injections and cosmetic surgery to make Callie look like the girl she identifies herself as.

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

15. Why does Cal finally call home?
(a) He does not want his parents to worry about him.
(b) He wants to explain why he ran away to his parents.
(c) He has been arrested while working at Bob's club.
(d) He has out of money and needs his parents so send him more.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical condition does Dr. Philobosian diagnose Desdemona with?

2. How does Tessie react to Cal when he returns home?

3. What hormone does Callie's body not produce because of her 5-alpha-reductase deficiency?

4. What does Jerome accuse Callie and the Object of being?

5. According to Dr. Luce which of the following is NOT an influence on gender identity?

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