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

2. What was Dr. Luce's main purpose for recommending the particular treatment that he does for Callie?
(a) Helping Callie cope psychologically with her hermaphroditism.
(b) Ensuring that her physical sexual identity matches her gender identity.
(c) To provide a research subject for a book he would like to write.
(d) To cure her of 5-alpha-reductase deficiency.

3. Which of the following does NOT occur at the hunting lodge?
(a) Jerome and Callie have sex.
(b) Jerome, Callie, Rex and the Object smoke marajuana.
(c) Jerome, Callie, Rex and the Object break into the lodge.
(d) Callie stops the Object from becoming intimately involved with Rex.

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

5. What is Jerome's hobby?
(a) Running.
(b) Making horror movies.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Watching horror movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ben Scheer so generous towards Cal/Callie?

2. Why do the homeless men beat Cal?

3. What medical condition does Dr. Philobosian diagnose Desdemona with?

4. What does the Object tell Callie that she (Callie) sees "no irony in"?

5. Which of the following changes in Callie is not typical for a girl to go through during puberty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What steps does Callie take in this chapter to physically transform herself into Cal?

2. Describe Dr. Luce's office.

3. How does Milton attempt to down play Callie's condition when telling her about the course of treatment?

4. Describe Zora Khyber.

5. Why does Callie name her love interest "the Obscure Object"?

6. Describe the circumstances that lead Milton to cancel the Stephanides family's trip to Turkey.

7. Describe the changes in Chapter Eleven that Callie notices when he returns home from his freshman year at college.

8. What is the connection between the mulberry tree outside of Middlesex and the silk industry?

9. Describe the circumstances leading to Callie's injury.

10. Compare and contrast Milton's and Chapter Eleven's views on the Vietnam War.

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