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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Bob Presto know that Cal/Callie is not a college student?
(a) Cal/Callie takes a job working for Bob Presto.
(b) Cal/Callie wants to go to San Francisco instead of Los Angeles.
(c) Cal/Callie does not know what city Stanford is in.
(d) Cal/Callie does not have a high school diploma.

3. What does Cal/Callie say the hardest adjustment is that s/he has to make in choosing to live as a man?
(a) Asking women out on dates.
(b) Walking like a man.
(c) Dressing like a man.
(d) Getting used to using men's bathrooms.

4. Where does Milton announce he wants the family to travel to?
(a) San Fransisco.
(b) Greece.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Turkey.

5. Which of the following changes in Callie is not typical for a girl to go through during puberty?
(a) Growing armpit hair.
(b) Breast development.
(c) Lowering of the voice.
(d) Growing public hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chapter Eleven become interested in current events and politics?

2. What does Callie do to try to get to know the Obscure Object better?

3. What does Callie do to try to remove the memory of having sex with Jerome?

4. What does Callie attribute the changes in Chapter Eleven to?

5. How does the Object act towards Callie the morning after the hunting lodge visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Milton react to his impending death after running his car off of the bridge?

2. Why does Callie not discover her hermaphroditism in this chapter?

3. Describe Zora Khyber.

4. How do Milton and Chapter Eleven attempt to "bury the hatchet" when Chapter Eleven returns home to support his parents following Callie's disappearance?

5. What steps does Callie take in this chapter to physically transform herself into Cal?

6. What do all of the women working at Sixty-Niners have in common?

7. What is the connection between the mulberry tree outside of Middlesex and the silk industry?

8. How does Tessie react to the fight that Milton has with the men during Sunday dinner?

9. What does Desdemona reveal to Cal when he returns home?

10. What masculine traits does Callie begin showing in this chapter?

(see the answer keys)

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