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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 do Mock and Chad eat on their journey from Oakland to their new destination in Chapter 5?

2. Which of the following terms does Mock prefer in describing herself?

3. 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?

4. Which fake name does Mock start using in Chapter 5 on the phone to boys?

5. Mock opens Part Two of the book with a quote from which author?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What are Mock's memories of her Grandma Shellie from Texas?

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

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

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

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

10. In the Introduction, how does Mock feel that transgender women have generally been depicted in popular culture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does meeting Wendi when Mock and Wendi are young teenagers change the course of Mock's life? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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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