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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Milton wear to his and Tessie's appointment with Dr. Luce for good luck?
(a) A Countess Mara tie.
(b) His Greek Drama cuff links.
(c) A beret.
(d) A charcoal pinstripe suit.

2. What is Callie's first step in her physical transformation into a boy?
(a) Purchasing and wearing a used suit.
(b) Walking like a man.
(c) Getting a short haircut.
(d) Purchasing a bus ticket to Scranton.

3. Why does the man who claims to have Callie want Milton to negotiate a ransom price with him?
(a) He wants to make Milton suffer even more.
(b) He is not sure how much Callie's return is worth to Milton.
(c) He wants to engage in a bargaining session.
(d) He believes he can get more money from Milton than he initially asks for.

4. Why does Callie hide in the basement bathroom at Baker-Inglis?
(a) She feels safe and comfortable in this seldom used space.
(b) She wants to catch up on her English class reading.
(c) She likes to look at the crocuses growing outside the window in the bathroom.
(d) She wants to read the gossip about the other girls written on the bathroom walls.

5. Which of the following changes in Callie is not typical for a girl to go through during puberty?
(a) Growing armpit hair.
(b) Lowering of the voice.
(c) Breast development.
(d) Growing public hair.

6. What does Chapter Eleven believe gives him the ability to finally beat his father at ping-pong?
(a) LSD.
(b) Meg Zemka.
(c) Practice.
(d) Callie's support.

7. Why does Tessie take Callie to the Golden Fleece salon?
(a) To have her nails done.
(b) To have her mustache waxed off.
(c) To get a haircut.
(d) To have a facial.

8. Who are the Charm Bracelets?
(a) The ethnic girls at Baker-Inglis.
(b) The popular and wealthy group of girls at Baker-Inglis.
(c) The unremarkable, dull group of girls at Baker-Inglis.
(d) The athletic girls at Baker-Inglis.

9. Where do Rex and Jerome take Callie and the Object while they are vacationing?
(a) To a keg party.
(b) To an old hunting lodge in the woods.
(c) To a romantic dinner at an expensive restaurant.
(d) To a farm.

10. Where does Milton announce he wants the family to travel to?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Greece.
(c) San Fransisco.
(d) Turkey.

11. Why is Tessie angry at Milton after his death?
(a) He left her penniless and alone.
(b) He was willing to meet and pay the kidnapper and did not tell her about it.
(c) She believes he drove Father Mike to black mail him.
(d) She believes he killed himself.

12. What does the Object's father do while driving Callie to the family's summer home in Petoskey?
(a) He drinks Smirnoff cocktails.
(b) He makes sexual advances towards Callie.
(c) He asks Callie about her family.
(d) He asks Callie about her relationship with the Object.

13. Who does the Object develop a crush on that upsets Callie?
(a) Rex Reese.
(b) Chapter Eleven.
(c) Milton.
(d) Jerome.

14. What is Cal's motivation for attending the Warhol exhibit opening in Berlin?
(a) He likes the Mies van der Rohe building it is being held in.
(b) He hopes to run into Julie Kikuchi there.
(c) He admires Warhol's work.
(d) He must attend in an official capacity as a cultural attache.

15. What does Cal/Callie say the hardest adjustment is that s/he has to make in choosing to live as a man?
(a) Getting used to using men's bathrooms.
(b) Asking women out on dates.
(c) Dressing like a man.
(d) Walking like a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role is Callie assigned in her English class production of Antigone?

2. How do Callie and the Object react to Jerome's vampire movie shoot in the woods?

3. What does Callie do to convince her mother that she does not need to visit the gynecologist?

4. Why does Dr. Luce show Callie a pornographic movie?

5. Why do the homeless men beat Cal?

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