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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 is the name of Alix's blog?
(a) Celebrating Uniqueness and Other Social Skills.
(b) Hiding and Other Social Skills.
(c) Sobbing and Other Social Skills.
(d) Lying and Other Social Skills.

2. Though Bec had previously told Riley that her sister's death had been accidental, on the fire escape she reveals what true cause of her sister's death?
(a) Her sister committed suicide with pills.
(b) Her sister committed suicide by hanging.
(c) Her sister committed suicide by drowning.
(d) Her sister was murdered.

3. What is the reason why Riley cannot access the fire escape on the night of the campaign event?
(a) Recent events have ratcheted up Riley's fear of heights.
(b) The ladder has been retracted and a steel chain has been wrapped around it.
(c) The people who live in the apartment are home.
(d) The people who own the store are restocking it.

4. Who contacts Riley to say that QueerAlliance.org is always looking for contributors?
(a) The school counselor.
(b) Mike/Michelle.
(c) Congressman Sean Cavanaugh.
(d) Doctor Ann.

5. At what location does Riley pick up Bec right before they attend the football game together?
(a) The ramp.
(b) Their fire escape.
(c) Bullet Hole.
(d) Bec's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does Riley hear when yanking on Jim's broken arm?

2. On what day of the week does Bec want to take Riley to a club in Los Angeles?

3. What reason does Bec give for not coming to the fire escape hangout very often anymore?

4. When the transgender girl who wrote to Alix reveals her identity, what is her name?

5. What object is held by the speaker during a Queer Alliance support group?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of the reporters' questions make it clear to Riley that they have been outed against their will?

2. When Riley stands up for themselves in the confrontation with their father, what actions do they list among the ones taken with the congressman's well-being in mind?

3. Discuss the irony present in Riley's comment at the political fundraiser: "The hard part is over, and now all I have to do is nod and smile" (246).

4. What aspects of the topics discussed at the QueerAlliance center meeting cause Riley to feel grateful for their own situation?

5. What quality of Riley's father's personality inspires Riley's envy?

6. What differences does Riley point out when saying how the media reacts to the story about Andie Gingham differently than how the LGBTQ community reacts to the story?

7. On the day before the night's outing to Bullet Hole Studios, Riley says that their "internal compass needle is absolutely pegged on F" (142) for female. What actions does Riley take as a result of this feeling?

8. What does Congressman Sean Cavanaugh say to Riley that causes Riley to angrily defend themselves?

9. Where does Bec actually take Riley after saying that they will be going out to clubs together?

10. Outline the reasons for Riley's feelings that they are finally beginning to settle in at Park Hills High School.

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