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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the police detectives tell Tessie and Milton is the best thing for them to do to help find Callie?
(a) Search New York City for Callie.
(b) Hire a private investigator to find 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.

3. Why does Cal want Chapter Eleven to drive through Detroit on their way home for Milton's funeral?
(a) He wants to delay seeing Tessie for the first time since deciding to live as a man.
(b) He wants to stop and visit some of Milton's old friends.
(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.

4. 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 stuffs her bra with tissues to convince her mother that she has developed breasts.
(c) She pretends to get her first period.
(d) She prays that her mother will cancel the appointment.

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

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

7. 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 is still confined to her bed.
(c) She seems to have aged considerably.
(d) She does not have her hair in her traditional hair net.

8. According to Dr. Luce which of the following is NOT an influence on gender identity?
(a) Sex of rearing.
(b) Hormones.
(c) Genitals.
(d) Disease.

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

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

11. Why does Chapter Eleven become interested in current events and politics?
(a) He is 18 and now eligible to be drafted into the military.
(b) He hopes to run for political office in the future.
(c) He plans to study political science at the University of Michigan.
(d) He is interested in and identifies with President Nixon.

12. How do Callie and the Object react to Jerome's vampire movie shoot in the woods?
(a) They are jealous that Jerome did not ask them to be a part of it.
(b) They volunteer to hold the camera for Jerome.
(c) They are eager to be a part of it and ask Jerome for parts in the movie.
(d) They laugh hysterically while watching it from behind a tree.

13. Why does the Object say she is happy that Callie's family is going on vacation to Turkey?
(a) She does not want her brother, Jerome to seduce Callie.
(b) She feels like her relationship with Callie is becoming too weird.
(c) She wants to have a chance to spend more time with Rex.
(d) She is concerned about Callie's romantic advances towards her.

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

15. How does the Object act towards Callie the morning after the hunting lodge visit?
(a) She is angry at Callie for having sex with her brother.
(b) She does not talk to Callie.
(c) She is eager to tell Callie about her feelings for Rex.
(d) She is eager to hear details about Callie's night with Jerome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Meg Zemka?

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

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

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

5. What is perplexing to Dr. Luce and his colleagues about Callie's condition?

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