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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. Which of the following is NOT true about Jess in New York City?
(a) She has money.
(b) She meets a new femme.
(c) She has an attractive place to live.
(d) She is lonelier than ever.

2. What kind of birds does Jess see fly by at the end of the novel?
(a) Seagulls.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Robins.
(d) Sparrows.

3. Where does Jess do laundry?
(a) Amtrak Terminal.
(b) Grand Central Station.
(c) Greyhound Bus Station.
(d) The YMCA.

4. Which of the following is NOT painted on Jess' bedroom ceiling?
(a) Night sky.
(b) Stars.
(c) Sunflowers.
(d) Trees.

5. What does Jess have a picture of hanging in her locker at work?
(a) The motorcycle she used to have.
(b) Theresa.
(c) A beach in Hawaii.
(d) Niagara Falls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surgery can Jess now afford?

2. Where does Jess spend her first night in New York City?

3. What opportunity does Duffy offer Jess?

4. What does Gloria offer Jess?

5. What surprise does Ruth have for Jess at the beginning of Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Jess when she decides to stop taking the male hormones?

2. What are the positive and negative points about passing as a man according to Jess?

3. How does Duffy inadvertently lose Jess' job for her at the plant?

4. Why is Jess confused about Grant's reasons to take male hormones?

5. What does Ruth inadvertently do to harm Jess' job just as Duffy did years ago and how does Jess respond this time?

6. What happens at a wedding that lets Jess know that she cannot continue a relationship with Annie?

7. What precipitates Jess' move to New York City?

8. What is the significance of the apartment fire to Jess?

9. Describe the conditions of factories in the 1970s, which is ten years after Jess has been working in them.

10. Describe Jess' life after she arrives in New York City and realizes she cannot stay in the apartment with no lock on the door.

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