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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mock's grandmother who is her mother's mother?

2. In Chapter 3, who later tells Mock he wishes he had done something to help her when she was being abused as a child?

3. Which brother is Mock closest to in age?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the different meanings and nuances of the idea of "passing" as Mock explains it - including the gender, economic, and racial implications of the idea.

Essay Topic 2

What feelings does Mock experience immediately following her gender reassignment surgery in Thailand? How do her feelings post-surgery clarify some of her feelings towards her close family members? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the most significant differences between the way Mock is treated at Moanalua high school and Farrington high school in Hawaii? Which school adopts a more compassionate, and, in Mock's view, effective approach to reaching out to transgender youth? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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