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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 school counselor.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her father.

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

3. What does Jamie compliment Mock on in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Her pretty hair.
(b) Her muscles.
(c) Her brain.
(d) Her eyes.

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

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

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

7. Who does Mock miss the most in Chapter 2?
(a) Her best friend Marilyn.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister Cori.
(d) Her Grandma Pearl.

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

9. Who does Mock's neighbor who labels her father as a drug addict remind her of?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
(c) Her own father.
(d) Eddie Murphy from The Nutty Professor.

10. What does Mock remembering her father doing for her in Chapter 4 that demonstrated his great love for her?
(a) Buying her a new dress.
(b) Cleaning up her vomit in his car without complaint.
(c) Letting her buy make-up as a youngster.
(d) Giving her money when she most needed it.

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

12. What insult does Mock's father frequently invoke in Chapter 2?
(a) Faggot.
(b) Idiot.
(c) Weakling.
(d) Sissy.

13. Which magazine published Mock's personal story in 2011?
(a) Vogue.
(b) Marie Claire.
(c) People.
(d) Vanity Fair.

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

15. Who is the boy Mock speaks to most often on the phone with her assumed name in Chapter 5?
(a) Alan.
(b) James.
(c) Charles.
(d) Leon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, which area of Hawaii does Mock move to in a rented house with her mother and Chad?

2. 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?

3. Which cousin of Mock's does she spend a lot of time with in Chapter 6?

4. Which brother is Mock closest to in age?

5. Who is one of Mock's uncles on her father's side?

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