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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of health problems did Janine, Mock's father's girlfriend in Chapter 4, have?
(a) She had Fibromyalgia.
(b) She was a diabetic.
(c) She had cancer.
(d) She had Multiple Sclerosis.

2. What does Mock decide to tell Aaron in the end of the section titled New York 2009?
(a) That she is from Hawaii.
(b) That she is a trans woman.
(c) That she has a serious illness.
(d) That she is about to move across the country for her job.

3. Mock opens Part Two of the book with a quote from which author?
(a) Ralph Ellison.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Bayard Rustin.
(d) Langston Hughes.

4. Which of the following terms does Mock prefer in describing herself?
(a) Transgender.
(b) Trans.
(c) Transsexual.
(d) Homosexual.

5. Who has the nickname Wee Wee in Mock's family?
(a) Auntie Joyce.
(b) Auntie Charlotte.
(c) Auntie Linda Gail.
(d) Auntie Carly.

6. What does Mock tell the man she is dating she would like to change about her job in the section titled New York 2009?
(a) She would like to write stories that matter in the future.
(b) She would like to become a doctor.
(c) She would like to do a different kind of research in the future.
(d) She would like to become a teacher.

7. After what age do Mock's mother's phone calls and birthday cards stop?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

8. What game involving a football does Mock's father force her to play in Chapter 5?
(a) Smear the Queer.
(b) Catch the Squirrel.
(c) Flag Football.
(d) Light the Fluke.

9. Where do Mock and the man she is dating go for a second date in the section titled New York 2009?
(a) A fancy dinner.
(b) A concert.
(c) A friend's party.
(d) A museum.

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) Her grandfather.
(b) Her school counselor.
(c) Chad.
(d) Her father.

11. From what book does Mock select a quote to begin Redefining Realness?
(a) You Do You.
(b) The Bell Jar.
(c) Bird of Paradise.
(d) Their Eyes Were Watching God.

12. Which cousin of Mock's does she spend a lot of time with in Chapter 6?
(a) Kayla.
(b) Mechelle.
(c) Cori.
(d) Cheraine.

13. Which fake name does Mock start using in Chapter 5 on the phone to boys?
(a) Cherise.
(b) Keisha.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Mary.

14. How old is Mock when Derek begins abusing her?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

15. What was Mock's first example of so-called normal parent-child relationships?
(a) When she moved to New York City for college in her early twenties.
(b) When she saw Marilyn with her mother.
(c) When she moved back to Hawaii to be with her mother in 1995.
(d) When she saw how her grandmother and mother interacted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the boy Mock speaks to most often on the phone with her assumed name in Chapter 5?

2. What does Jamie compliment Mock on in the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. How does Mock's best friend's mother die in Chapter 4?

4. What does Mock's father do to her in Chapter 6 that devastates her and alters her appearance significantly?

5. Where does one of Mock's happiest memories with her father take place?

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