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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the attractive woman that Jess meets at the cannery?
(a) Annette.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Amy.
(d) Melissa.

2. What is the name of Toni's femme?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Betty.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Belinda.

3. Why is Jess being considered for a better job at the bindery?
(a) To keep it from going to a black man.
(b) Because she has management potential.
(c) Because they need a woman in the job to meet government standards.
(d) Because she is a quick learner.

4. Where does Milli talk about getting a job when Jess loses her job at the pipe factory?
(a) A grocery.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A nightclub.

5. What decision does Jess finally make?
(a) She can no longer live as a masculine woman.
(b) She is going to have a sex change operation.
(c) She will remain the way she is to keep Theresa.
(d) She is going to move back home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Milli's job at the club?

2. Why do the old butches give Jess and Ed the cold shoulder after the funeral?

3. Who is the main character in STONE BUTCH BLUES?

4. What did people in society normally label lesbians, gays, and transsexuals?

5. What is the name of the bar Gloria tells Jess about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances related to Jess being raped during high school?

2. What happens to Jess on her first night on her own?

3. How does Jess meet Theresa?

4. What unusual request can Jess not meet after the death of Butch Ro?

5. How does Jess accept the fact that a black man gets a job she is capable of too?

6. Why are the bars not safe havens for the homosexuals and cross-dressers?

7. Describe the circumstances in which Jess is deliberately set up to be hurt at the bindery.

8. How does the author insert some levity into the story?

9. When does Jess first learn that there are other people like her and that she may be able to find them?

10. What is the premise of Chapter 1?

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