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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Mock born?
(a) New York.
(b) The United Kingdom.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Hawaii.

2. What place in her grandmother's house is a sanctuary for Mock when she is young?
(a) Her bedroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The lanai.
(d) The basement.

3. Who is Denise's daughter in Chapter 5 that Mock admires for her femininity?
(a) Keisha.
(b) Makayla.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Cori.

4. What kind of drink is Mock drinking the night she meets the man she will go on a series of dates with in the section titled New York 2009?
(a) Martinis.
(b) Cosmopolitans.
(c) Capirosas.
(d) Champagne.

5. What does Mock believe as a ten year-old that she recalls in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) You do what you can for yourself.
(b) There are angels watching over us.
(c) We all fulfill our quota of misfortune at some point in our lives.
(d) Wishes do come true.

6. Where do Mock, Chad, and their father go when they leave Oakland in Chapter 5?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Los Angeles.

7. Who is the neighbor who labels Mock's father a drug addict?
(a) James.
(b) John.
(c) Michael.
(d) Jeffrey.

8. What does Chad do to Mock in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Sexually abuses her.
(b) Beats her up.
(c) Humiliates her in front of her friends.
(d) Takes her to the movies.

9. Where does one of Mock's happiest memories with her father take place?
(a) The Wildwood Beach Boardwalk.
(b) Cape May.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

10. In Chapter 3, who later tells Mock he wishes he had done something to help her when she was being abused as a child?
(a) Chad.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her school counselor.
(d) Her father.

11. When do Mock's parents get married?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1979.

12. What racial epithet do the children in Hawaii call Chad and Mock?
(a) Blackberry.
(b) Monkey.
(c) Racoon.
(d) Popolo.

13. How does Mock's father act when he drops them off at the airport to go live with their mother at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is indifferent.
(c) He is high on drugs so he does not drop them off at the airport.
(d) He is very sad, with tears in his eyes.

14. What author does Mock quote in the beginning of Part One?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Zadie Smith.

15. What is the name of the reporter who wrote Mock's story in 2011?
(a) Kierna Mayo.
(b) Emily Hourican.
(c) Besty Southington.
(d) Catriona May.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how does Mock learn to ride a bike without training wheels?

2. What pastime does Mock say she inherited from her mother?

3. Which magazine published Mock's personal story in 2011?

4. In Chapter 4, what do Mock and Chad see their father doing that upsets them?

5. Mock opens Part Two of the book with a quote from which author?

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