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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What synonym for "hermaphrodite" does Callie see in the dictionary that upsets her?
(a) Freak.
(b) Monster.
(c) Eunuch.
(d) Hypospadias.

8. 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 confesses to the Object hoping that telling her will make her feel better.
(c) She tells Jerome to never come near her again.
(d) She scrubs her body repeatedly during her morning shower.

9. Who is Meg Zemka?
(a) Chapter Eleven's ultra-liberal girlfriend.
(b) Callie's best friend.
(c) An employee at Hercules Hot Dogs.
(d) Callie's first female crush.

10. What does Milton wear to his and Tessie's appointment with Dr. Luce for good luck?
(a) His Greek Drama cuff links.
(b) A charcoal pinstripe suit.
(c) A Countess Mara tie.
(d) A beret.

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

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

13. 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 joins the Drama Club so that she can be in the play with the Object.
(c) Callie begins smoking because she knows that the Object is also a smoker.
(d) Callie agrees to help the girl learn her lines for their class play.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ben Scheer so generous towards Cal/Callie?

2. Why does Milton decide to remove the briefcase of money for the kidnapper from the garbage can?

3. What concerns Dr. Luce most about Callie's disappearance?

4. Why does Callie hide in the basement bathroom at Baker-Inglis?

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Callie is concerned about her upcoming appointment with Dr. Bauer?

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