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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. Who is Mock's childhood friend that dares her to try on a dress in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. Who is Mock's grandmother that the family moves in with for a time in Chapter 5?

5. What is Mock's given name at Birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mock feel in Chapter 6 when she finds out she will be moving back to Hawaii to live with her mother?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Mock admire Auntie Wee Wee in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What are some of Mock's first experiences with female aliases? Why do you think she used these transgender personas as a young child and as an adolescent? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does Mock feel about the fact that her physical beauty has afforded her advantages as a transgender woman that she knows many other people in similar situations to hers do not have? How does she feel when people tell her she is lucky that most people would never be able to tell the gender she was assigned at birth was male? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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