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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What author does Mock quote in the beginning of Part One?
2. When do Chad and Mock move back to Hawaii to be with their mother?
3. Who has the nickname Wee Wee in Mock's family?
4. What pastime does Mock say she inherited from her mother?
5. What does Mock tell the man she is dating in the section titled New York 2009 that she is afraid of?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does it finally hit Mock as a child that her father is addicted to drugs?
2. In the Introduction, how does Mock feel that transgender women have generally been depicted in popular culture?
3. In Chapter 7, what are Mock's memories of her sister Cori when she moves back to Hawaii as a young person?
4. In Chapter 4, what does Mock still think of as one of the top five moments in her life?
5. Why does Mock decide to tell Aaron after a while that she is a transgender woman?
6. In the introduction, why does Mock say she wrote this book?
7. In Chapter 4, why is Mock overwhelmed by her feelings of jealousy of her friend Maddy?
8. What is Mock most afraid of, and how does she answer Aaron's question about her fears?
9. In Chapter 2, how does Derek's sexual abuse of Mock begin?
10. In Chapter 5, why does Mock pretend she is a girl named Keisha on the phone to her cousin's friend Alan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of the most significant differences between the way Mock is treated at Moanalua high school and Farrington high school in Hawaii? Which school adopts a more compassionate, and, in Mock's view, effective approach to reaching out to transgender youth? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What does Mock mean when she refers to an "underground railroad" of resources that she benefited from during her adolescent years of uncertainty? (135). Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Mock sometimes find it difficult to work in an advocacy role with some LGBTQ groups? In what ways does she feel they do not serve transgender peoples' best interests? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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