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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 support group does Mock join in Chapter 13?

2. What school does Mock transfer to in Chapter 13?

3. Where does Mock live with her mother and siblings briefly in Chapter 12?

4. Which woman on Merchant Street shows off her body after her gender reassignment surgery (GRS)?

5. Who is the man Mock meets in the Waikiki Strip and begins dating in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mock start to think about her body in different ways after entering into the world of paid sex work in Chapter 12?

2. How does Mock's father reply to her letter in Chapter 13?

3. In Chapter 9, what do Mock and Wendi do that boosts Mock's confidence in her own body?

4. What does being friends with Wendi allow Mock to communicate to her own family?

5. How does taking Premarin change Mock's body in Chapter 10?

6. What is Mock's most prized possession in Chapter 9, the one that makes her feel most feminine?

7. In Chapter 10, what problem does Mock encounter with the administration at Moanalua high school?

8. Why does Mock and her family move to a motel for a time in Chapter 12?

9. In Chapter 12, who is the person Mock realizes helps keep her mother Elizabeth afloat, and in what ways?

10. What changes start happening in Mock's mother after Rick's arrest in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay detailing some of the conflicting feelings Mock has, in hindsight, about the paid sex work she did while saving for her gender reassignment surgery.

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

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.

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