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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 the chief shop steward who makes promises to Jess?
(a) Dale.
(b) Duffy.
(c) Don.
(d) Gary.

2. What decision does Jess finally make?
(a) She is going to have a sex change operation.
(b) She will remain the way she is to keep Theresa.
(c) She is going to move back home.
(d) She can no longer live as a masculine woman.

3. Who is Jess' foreman at the bindery?
(a) Joe.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Jack.
(d) Jim.

4. The general consensus in the 1960s was that if the police roughed you up, ____________________.
(a) you probably had it coming.
(b) they would do it again.
(c) you should get out of town.
(d) you had grounds for a lawsuit.

5. What was one of Butch Ro's last wishes?
(a) That the butches and femmes have a party in her honor.
(b) That her ashes be spread over the bar.
(c) That her police record be cleared.
(d) That the other butches wear dresses to her funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jess living at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. Where does Milli talk about getting a job when Jess loses her job at the pipe factory?

3. Who is the teacher who busts the girls' room to catch smokers?

4. Why could homosexuals and cross-dressers not file a complaint of police brutality?

5. What does Toni do in retaliation to Jess?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first time that Jess experiences a police beating and the impact it has on her.

2. What is the importance of camaraderie among the factory workers?

3. What is Tifka's and why does Jess find it a haven?

4. Even though Jess experiences anti-Semitic cruelty, what eclipses this hatred directed toward her?

5. Why did the butches and femmes have no recourse against the police brutality?

6. How does the author insert some levity into the story?

7. Who is Butch Al and why is she so important to Jess' life?

8. How does Theresa react to Jess' desire to take male hormones?

9. What happens when Jess and Ed show up at the funeral not wearing dresses?

10. What happens to Jess on her first night on her own?

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