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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. Gloria will not allow Jess to see her grandkids, Kim, and __________.
(a) Mark.
(b) Emily.
(c) Scotty.
(d) Chad.
2. Jess buys a ________________ concert tape for Ruth.
(a) Liza Minnelli.
(b) Judy Garland.
(c) Frank Sinatra.
(d) Miles Davis.
3. Why does Jess deduce that Butch Al is in the asylum?
(a) She has gone underground to protect herself.
(b) She took an overdose of sleeping pills.
(c) She slit her wrists.
(d) She took an overdose of insulin.
4. Why is Jess in a state of ambiguity after discontinuing the male hormones?
(a) She loses her memory.
(b) She has emotional outbursts all the time.
(c) She keeps losing jobs.
(d) She can no longer pass as one gender or another.
5. What injury does Jess sustain in the subway attack?
(a) Fractured skull.
(b) Broken leg.
(c) Stab wound.
(d) Broken jaw.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is NOT true of Butch Al when Jess finds her at the asylum?
2. What is the subject of the watercolor paintings hanging in Ruth's apartment?
3. Why does Jess question Frankie's relationship with Johnny?
4. Jess thinks that her Buffalo friends would have said that life in New York was ___________.
5. To what event does Annie take Jess?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Jess when she decides to stop taking the male hormones?
2. What public role does Jess take on in Chapter 26?
3. What happens at a wedding that lets Jess know that she cannot continue a relationship with Annie?
4. What are the positive and negative points about passing as a man according to Jess?
5. What changes does Jess see in herself after taking male hormones and how does she know she has passed as a male?
6. Ruth paints Jess' bedroom that serves as a metaphor for who they are. Describe what it is and why it is a metaphor.
7. Describe Jess' life after she arrives in New York City and realizes she cannot stay in the apartment with no lock on the door.
8. Why does Edna say that Jess is a "granite" butch?
9. What is the role of food in Chapter 22?
10. What is the significance of the apartment fire to Jess?
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