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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Marriage on Ice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Desdemona vow to never do again after Calliope's birth?
(a) Speak to Tessie.
(b) Leave her ill husband alone.
(c) Attend church.
(d) Predict a child's sex.

2. Which of the following statements best describes Uncle Pete?
(a) A self-made business man.
(b) A sweet natured priest.
(c) An intellectual chiropractor.
(d) A superstitious old man.

3. What does Desdemona fear will happen to Lefty?
(a) He will marry an unattractive Turkish woman.
(b) He will become a smoker and alcoholic.
(c) He will never marry and will die alone.
(d) He will marry a village girl and will leave Desdemona alone to care for the cocoonery.

4. What play do the two couples go to see the night that their babies are conceived?
(a) Antigone.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) The Minotaur.

5. What shocks Desdemona and Lefty about Sourmelina's husband, Jimmy Zismo?
(a) His dark skin.
(b) His occupation.
(c) His religious beliefs.
(d) His wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say his purpose for telling this story?

2. Why do Lefty and Desdemona know that they can trust Sourmelina to keep the secret that they are siblings?

3. What condition must Desdemona meet to be hired by the Temple No. 1?

4. Which of the following statements best describes Lefty?

5. Who marries Lefty and Desdemona on the boat?

(see the answer key)

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