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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. What does Mock's father ask her in desperation in Chapter 6?
(a) Whether she is gay.
(b) Whether she loves him or not.
(c) Whether she wants to live with her mother.
(d) Whether she is a prostitute.

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

3. What does Mock help to make in Chapter 5 that she is very proud of?
(a) A turkey.
(b) A dress.
(c) A chocolate cake.
(d) A tin of muffins.

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

5. What is the name of the neighborhood boy Mock engages in sexual acts with at a young age?
(a) Alan.
(b) Junior.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children has Mock's father had by the time he is 18 years old?

2. What does Mock tell the man she is dating she would like to change about her job in the section titled New York 2009?

3. After what age do Mock's mother's phone calls and birthday cards stop?

4. How do Mock and her father and brother get to their new destination when they leave Oakland in Chapter 5?

5. What does Mock say she wants to be when she grows up in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how does Derek's sexual abuse of Mock begin?

2. What does Mock's childhood friend Marilyn dare her to do in Chapter 1 and what is the significance of the dare?

3. Why does Mock get upset over the burning of the cake in Chapter 5?

4. What does Mock believe, as an adult, are some of the consequences of Derek's sexual abuse of her?

5. In Chapter 4, what serious problem does Mock's father struggle with?

6. Why does Mock decide to tell Aaron after a while that she is a transgender woman?

7. In Chapter 5, how does Mock's father Charlie describe himself to her?

8. In Chapter 7, what are Mock's memories of her sister Cori when she moves back to Hawaii as a young person?

9. When does it finally hit Mock as a child that her father is addicted to drugs?

10. In Chapter 4, why is Mock overwhelmed by her feelings of jealousy of her friend Maddy?

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