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

2. 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 very sad, with tears in his eyes.
(b) He is indifferent.
(c) He is high on drugs so he does not drop them off at the airport.
(d) He is angry.

3. 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.

4. What is the name of Mock's grandmother who is her mother's mother?
(a) Grandma Clara.
(b) Grandma Mae.
(c) Grandma Shellie.
(d) Grandma Pearl.

5. Who is Mock's grandmother that the family moves in with for a time in Chapter 5?
(a) Grandma Pearl.
(b) Grandma Shellie.
(c) Grandma Charlotte.
(d) Grandma Reyna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the girlfriend of Mock's father that the family moves in with in Chapter 5?

2. Who does Mock's neighbor who labels her father as a drug addict remind her of?

3. What is Mock's favorite relationship movie?

4. What kind of work does Mock's father do for the neighbor who labels Mock's father a drug addict?

5. What does the man she is dating tell Mock he is afraid of in the section titled New York 2009?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, what terrible event prompts Mock, her father, and her brother Chad to move to Texas?

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

4. In Chapter 4, what does Mock still think of as one of the top five moments in her life?

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

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

7. What are Mock's memories of her Grandma Pearl like?

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

9. In the section titled New York 2009, why does Mock decide not to tell Aaron that she is a transgender woman on their first date?

10. In the introduction, why does Mock say she wrote this book?

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