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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mock's father do to her in Chapter 6 that devastates her and alters her appearance significantly?
(a) Cuts her hair very short.
(b) Forbids her from plucking her eyebrows.
(c) Throws out all her makeup.
(d) Forces her to lose weight.

2. When do Mock's parents get married?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1984.

3. What was Mock's first example of so-called normal parent-child relationships?
(a) When she moved to New York City for college in her early twenties.
(b) When she saw how her grandmother and mother interacted.
(c) When she moved back to Hawaii to be with her mother in 1995.
(d) When she saw Marilyn with her mother.

4. After what age do Mock's mother's phone calls and birthday cards stop?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 6.

5. What does Mock say she wants to be when she grows up in Chapter 2?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An actress.
(c) A secretary.
(d) An engineer.

6. Where do Mock, Chad, and their father go when they leave Oakland in Chapter 5?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

7. In Chapter 4, what do Mock and Chad see their father doing that upsets them?
(a) Smoking a pipe with Crack.
(b) Robbing a bank.
(c) Overeating.
(d) Writing a love letter.

8. What author does Mock quote in the beginning of Part One?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Zadie Smith.

9. Where do Mock and her date go after they meet at the bar in the section titled New York 2009?
(a) To a dance club.
(b) To a late-night coffee shop.
(c) To a nearby park.
(d) To Mock's apartment.

10. What is Mock's given name at Birth?
(a) Michael Mock.
(b) James Mock II.
(c) Charles Mock III.
(d) Francis Mock.

11. What kind of drink is Mock drinking the night she meets the man she will go on a series of dates with in the section titled New York 2009?
(a) Cosmopolitans.
(b) Martinis.
(c) Capirosas.
(d) Champagne.

12. When do Chad and Mock move back to Hawaii to be with their mother?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1992.

13. What injury befalls Derek in Chapter 5?
(a) He is shot in a case of mistaken identity.
(b) He is in a car accident.
(c) He is in a skiing accident.
(d) He breaks his leg.

14. Which brother is Mock closest to in age?
(a) Jeffrey.
(b) Alan.
(c) Chad.
(d) Michael.

15. In Chapter 3, who later tells Mock he wishes he had done something to help her when she was being abused as a child?
(a) Her school counselor.
(b) Chad.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mock help to make in Chapter 5 that she is very proud of?

2. Who does Mock miss the most in Chapter 2?

3. What racial epithet do the children in Hawaii call Chad and Mock?

4. What game involving a football does Mock's father force her to play in Chapter 5?

5. What is the name of the reporter who wrote Mock's story in 2011?

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