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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Tessie and Milton react to the ER doctor's diagnosis of Callie?
(a) They accept his diagnosis and immediately take Callie to Dr. Luce.
(b) They distrust the doctor.
(c) They believe the doctor has confused her with another patient.
(d) They are shocked and in disbelief.

3. 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 fully accepts his decision to live as a male.
(c) She rejects him because she wants him to go back to living as a girl.
(d) She does not understand his decision to run away and to live as a male, but she is working on accepting it.

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

5. Who is the first person to pick Cal/Callie up when s/he begins hitchhiking?
(a) A 30-something gay man.
(b) A retired couple.
(c) A red-headed truck driver.
(d) An old, judgmental woman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. What hormone does Callie's body not produce because of her 5-alpha-reductase deficiency?
(a) Androgen.
(b) Dihydrotestosterone.
(c) Estrogen.
(d) Testosterone.

15. Why does Sourmelina move back to Detroit in 1972?
(a) To be closer to her family.
(b) To escape the heat of the Southwest.
(c) Mrs. Watson wants to be closer to her family.
(d) Because Mrs. Watson leaves her for another woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jerome react to Callie's abnormal genitals?

2. What is Octopussy's Garden?

3. What does Chapter Eleven believe gives him the ability to finally beat his father at ping-pong?

4. Why do the homeless men beat Cal?

5. What does Chapter Eleven announce he plans on majoring in after his freshman year of college?

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