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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 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) There are angels watching over us.
(d) We all fulfill our quota of misfortune at some point in our lives.

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

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

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

5. What does Mock's father do to her in Chapter 6 that devastates her and alters her appearance significantly?
(a) Forces her to lose weight.
(b) Cuts her hair very short.
(c) Throws out all her makeup.
(d) Forbids her from plucking her eyebrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the neighbor who labels Mock's father a drug addict?

2. Who was Mock's closest friend in Chapter 4?

3. What does Mock help to make in Chapter 5 that she is very proud of?

4. How does Mock recall feeling as she assembled her furniture in New York City as a graduate student?

5. How old is Mock when Derek begins abusing her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, what does Mock's father force her to do to prove that she has masculine traits?

5. What is Mock most afraid of, and how does she answer Aaron's question about her fears?

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

7. Where do Mock's parents send her in 1989 and why do they do this?

8. In Chapter 1, when does Mock say she became aware she was a girl?

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

10. In Chapter 5, why does Mock pretend she is a girl named Keisha on the phone to her cousin's friend Alan?

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