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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. Which uncle of Mock's played football at Farrington High School?

2. Which performer does Mock see in concert in September 2001?

3. What is Mock's favorite result of her taking female hormones?

4. What poet does Mock admire and quote in Chapter 12?

5. What does one of Mock's former clients offer to do for her in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Wendi and Mock first go to Merchant Street and what do they find there?

2. What happens to Mock's family life when her mother's old flame, Rick, moves in with the family in Chapter 9?

3. How does Mock's father reply to her letter in Chapter 13?

4. What significant opportunity does Mock take advantage of in Chapter 14 that allows her to pursue higher education?

5. Who does Mock meet in Chapter 13 that spurs her to start researching and saving for her gender reassignment surgery?

6. What medical intervention does Wendi introduce Mock to in Chapter 8?

7. What does being friends with Wendi allow Mock to communicate to her own family?

8. What are Wendi's first words to Mock in Chapter 8 and what do they signify?

9. What problem does Mock almost immediately have with Rick after he moves in in Chapter 9?

10. How does taking Premarin change Mock's body in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mock feel about the fact that her physical beauty has afforded her advantages as a transgender woman that she knows many other people in similar situations to hers do not have? How does she feel when people tell her she is lucky that most people would never be able to tell the gender she was assigned at birth was male? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay detailing some of the ways in which Mock's father pressured her when she was young to conform to traditional ideas about masculinity. Why did her father do this, and how did Mock react to his efforts?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining some of the significant differences Janet points out between how our culture views femininity and masculinity. What do you think she means when she writes "femininity in general is seen as frivolous?" (147).

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