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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. What kind of business does Jess learn that Butch Jan has opened?
(a) Flower shop.
(b) Bookstore.
(c) Cafe.
(d) Hardware store.

2. Where is Jess sitting at the end of the novel?
(a) A fire escape.
(b) A bar.
(c) A bus station.
(d) A cafe.

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

4. Jess thinks that her Buffalo friends would have said that life in New York was ___________.
(a) ethereal.
(b) stimulating.
(c) fancy-ass.
(d) awesome.

5. Where does Jess spend her first night in New York City?
(a) Bus station.
(b) All-night laundromat.
(c) Church.
(d) All-night movie theatre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Jess and Annie have their first date?

2. Jess gets into the asylum by posing as Butch Al's ___________.

3. Why does Jess question Frankie's relationship with Johnny?

4. Which of the following does Jess NOT lose in the apartment fire?

5. What opportunity does Duffy offer Jess?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. What is the difference between Buffalo and New York?

7. Describe the encounter where Jess sees Butch Al in the asylum.

8. What is the dilemma Jess faces regarding identification?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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