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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jess buy Ruth for Christmas?

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

3. How much money does Jess have when she arrives in New York City?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jess show prejudice when she learns that Frankie took a butch lover?

3. Why does Jess have to guard herself as she moves into the world of men?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe how living in New York City elevates Jess' life in many ways.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the taboo of homosexuality in the 1960s. Compare and contrast homosexuality in America during the 1960s to homosexuality in America today. What major changes have occurred both positive and negative?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 3

Create a character study of Jess. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Jess?

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