View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mock tell her mother when she is 13 years old?

2. In Chapter 13, what happens to Rick?

3. How does Mock think she managed going to college and working on Merchant Street in hindsight?

4. In what movie does Mock recall "realness" being a major theme that she writes of in Chapter 8?

5. What slang term do the women of Merchant Street use to refer to men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mock start to suspect her mother is struggling with in Chapter 10?

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

3. What are Wendi's first words to Mock in Chapter 8 and what do they signify?

4. Why is Mock impressed with Wendi?

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

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

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

8. How does Mock eventually start her own course of hormone therapy in Chapter 10?

9. How does Mock feel when Wendi drops out of school by the end of their junior year?

10. What significant opportunity does Mock take advantage of in Chapter 14 that allows her to pursue higher education?

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

Write an essay detailing some of the ways in which Mock's father pressured her when she was young to conform to traditional ideas about masculinity. Why did her father do this, and how did Mock react to his efforts?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining some of the significant differences Janet points out between how our culture views femininity and masculinity. What do you think she means when she writes "femininity in general is seen as frivolous?" (147).

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 683 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample