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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Chapter Eleven become interested in current events and politics?
(a) He is interested in and identifies with President Nixon.
(b) He plans to study political science at the University of Michigan.
(c) He is 18 and now eligible to be drafted into the military.
(d) He hopes to run for political office in the future.

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

5. Where do Callie and the Object spend most of their days in the summer?
(a) The Grosse Pointe Club swimming pool.
(b) At Callie's house.
(c) At the Object's family's summer home.
(d) At the Object's house.

6. What is Cal/Callie's initial impression of Ben Scheer?
(a) S/he is put off by Ben's intellectual style of speech.
(b) S/he likes that Ben talks to and treats him/her like a sophisticated adult.
(c) S/he is skeptical of Ben's motives in purchasing him/her dinner and a hotel room.
(d) S/he likes that Ben is willing to purchase alcohol for him/her.

7. Why does Dr. Luce show Callie a pornographic movie?
(a) To relax her.
(b) To show her an example of hermaphroditism.
(c) To see if it will embarrass or excite her.
(d) To try to determine her sexual orientation.

8. Why does Milton decide to remove the briefcase of money for the kidnapper from the garbage can?
(a) He knows that Callie has not been kidnapped.
(b) He does not believe the kidnapper will return Callie safely.
(c) He decides to give him half now and half when he returns Callie to ensure her safe return.
(d) He discovers who is the kidnapper is.

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

10. Why do all of the Sunday dinner guests except for Father Mike and Zoe stop coming to Middlesex?
(a) Milton is offended by the men's comments about Tessie's cooking.
(b) Milton's political loyalties lie with the U.S. while the other men's lie with Greece.
(c) Milton throws the men out of his home after an argument.
(d) The men broke Milton and Tessie's good coffee cups.

11. Who is Mr. da Silva?
(a) Callie's teacher and love interest.
(b) Callie's eighth grade honors English teacher.
(c) Callie's high school English teacher.
(d) Callie's drama club advisor.

12. Why does Sourmelina move back to Detroit in 1972?
(a) To be closer to her family.
(b) Mrs. Watson wants to be closer to her family.
(c) Because Mrs. Watson leaves her for another woman.
(d) To escape the heat of the Southwest.

13. Who is Carmen?
(a) A woman who Cal rents a room from.
(b) The announcer for Octopussy's Garden.
(c) A woman with Androgen Insensitivity who works at Bob's club.
(d) A pre-op male to female transsexual who works at Bob's club.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Object's father do while driving Callie to the family's summer home in Petoskey?

2. What is Cal's friend Matt an expert on?

3. What is Callie's initial impression of the Obscure Object?

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

5. What do Zora and Cal have in common?

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