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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. Why does Jess deduce that Butch Al is in the asylum?
(a) She took an overdose of insulin.
(b) She took an overdose of sleeping pills.
(c) She slit her wrists.
(d) She has gone underground to protect herself.

2. How is Jess treated at the doctor's office where she has her breast reduction surgery?
(a) Like she is a dog.
(b) Like she is a freak.
(c) Like an object.
(d) With compassion.

3. Who inadvertently refers to Jess as "she" at a union meeting?
(a) Al.
(b) Ed.
(c) Frankie.
(d) Duffy.

4. What injury does Jess sustain in the subway attack?
(a) Fractured skull.
(b) Broken jaw.
(c) Broken leg.
(d) Stab wound.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is something that Jess does NOT buy in Chapter 22?

2. Jess thinks that her Buffalo friends would have said that life in New York was ___________.

3. Which of the following is NOT true of Butch Al when Jess finds her at the asylum?

4. What male characteristic does NOT go away when Jess discontinues male hormones?

5. What is Jess' male name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Edna say that Jess is a "granite" butch?

2. What is the difference between Buffalo and New York?

3. What public role does Jess take on in Chapter 26?

4. What role does Jess take on with the union and what is her motivation?

5. Ruth paints Jess' bedroom that serves as a metaphor for who they are. Describe what it is and why it is a metaphor.

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

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

8. What changes does Jess see in herself after taking male hormones and how does she know she has passed as a male?

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

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

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