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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. How do Ed and Jess respond to the police attack on Ed?
(a) They fight them.
(b) They call for help.
(c) They run away.
(d) They call a lawyer.

2. Where does Angie suggest that Jess get a job?
(a) A factory.
(b) A liquor store.
(c) A hardware store.
(d) A tool and die shop.

3. With whom does Jess break up in Chapter 9?
(a) Eunice.
(b) Elsie.
(c) Edna.
(d) Emmie.

4. The general consensus in the 1960s was that if the police roughed you up, ____________________.
(a) you should get out of town.
(b) they would do it again.
(c) you had grounds for a lawsuit.
(d) you probably had it coming.

5. Whose funeral is Ed going to attend?
(a) Butch Aggie.
(b) Butch Ro.
(c) Butch Al.
(d) Butch Sal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jess run after being busted for smoking in the girls' room?

2. In what city did Jess grow up?

3. What was one of Butch Ro's last wishes?

4. Who is the black man at the factory who may be passed over for a better job?

5. Where does Jess try to sleep on the first night on her own?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Angie suggest that Jess get a job in a factory?

3. What is the importance of camaraderie among the factory workers?

4. Even though Jess experiences anti-Semitic cruelty, what eclipses this hatred directed toward her?

5. Define a butch, a femme, and a drag queen.

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

7. What happens when Jess and Ed show up at the funeral not wearing dresses?

8. Explain why Jess has a typical gay childhood?

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

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

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