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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Carmen?
(a) The announcer for Octopussy's Garden.
(b) A woman with Androgen Insensitivity who works at Bob's club.
(c) A woman who Cal rents a room from.
(d) A pre-op male to female transsexual who works at Bob's club.

2. What does Jerome accuse Callie and the Object of being?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Backstabbers.
(d) Lesbians.

3. What does Callie do to try to remove the memory of having sex with Jerome?
(a) She decides to pretend like it never happened.
(b) She tells Jerome to never come near her again.
(c) She scrubs her body repeatedly during her morning shower.
(d) She confesses to the Object hoping that telling her will make her feel better.

4. What does the Object's father do while driving Callie to the family's summer home in Petoskey?
(a) He drinks Smirnoff cocktails.
(b) He asks Callie about her relationship with the Object.
(c) He asks Callie about her family.
(d) He makes sexual advances towards Callie.

5. 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 awed by her natural beauty especially her freckles.
(d) She is put off by her disinterested attitude.

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

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

8. Where do Callie and the Object spend most of their days in the summer?
(a) The Grosse Pointe Club swimming pool.
(b) At the Object's family's summer home.
(c) At the Object's house.
(d) At Callie's house.

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

10. Who is Mr. da Silva?
(a) Callie's teacher and love interest.
(b) Callie's eighth grade honors English teacher.
(c) Callie's high school English teacher.
(d) Callie's drama club advisor.

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

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

13. Why is Callie given the position of goalie on the field hockey team at her school?
(a) The goalie equipment fits her better than the other girls.
(b) She is uncoordinated so the coach gave her a position where she would not need to move much.
(c) She is the last student to sign up for the team and goalie is the only position left open.
(d) She is agile on her feet and able to block shots made on the goal.

14. What does the Object tell Callie that she (Callie) sees "no irony in"?
(a) Jerome's movie is sure to be a flop.
(b) The Object has romantic feelings for Callie.
(c) She and Jerome were never meant to be.
(d) Callie would be the perfect boyfriend.

15. Who is Hermaphroditus?
(a) The fictionalized half male-half female character that Cal plays for Bob.
(b) The patron saint of hermaphrodites.
(c) A half male-half female Greek god.
(d) A condition where a person has both male and female sex traits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Tessie, Milton and Callie travel to New York City?

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

3. Why does the Object say she is happy that Callie's family is going on vacation to Turkey?

4. Who are the Charm Bracelets?

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

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