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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 is Merchant Street known for?

2. Who was the first person Mock met who took pride in being gender-diverse?

3. What is Mock's favorite result of her taking female hormones?

4. What does Mock ask the woman who shows off her body after her GRS surgery?

5. What does Mock do in an effort to communicate with her father in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mock say in her letter to her father in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

9. What medical intervention does Wendi introduce Mock to in Chapter 8?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How would you characterize Mock's relationship with her father at the time of her writing Redefining Realness? Has she made peace with some of his irresponsible behavior and the hardships he put the family through? Write an essay explaining your argument.

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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