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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. How does Mock react to her former client's offer in Chapter 15?

2. What does Mock do in frustration when her mother complains about paying the bills?

3. What is one of the first traditionally feminine things Wendi does for Mock to alter her appearance?

4. Who is Elizabeth Mock's greatest champion and ally?

5. What support group does Mock join in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why do Wendi and Mock first go to Merchant Street and what do they find there?

7. What happens to Mock's family life when her mother's old flame, Rick, moves in with the family in Chapter 9?

8. How does being sexually available as a young teenager in Chapter 12 make Mock feel?

9. What does the Chrysalis group at Farrington High School help Mock with in Chapter 13?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mock's relationship with her closest brother, Chad, evolve as they grow from childhood, through adolescence, and into adulthood? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

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

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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