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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Tiresias In Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Lefty give Desdemona for his trip into town?
(a) To visit a local bar and brothel.
(b) To sell the silk cocoons at market.
(c) To court a woman he hopes to marry.
(d) To shop for groceries at the market.

2. Why does Milton decide to take the Annapolis entrance exam?
(a) Because he wants to be relocated closer to Tessie.
(b) Because he will be exempt from drills while taking the test.
(c) Because he believes that being accepted into Annapolis will make Tessie proud of him.
(d) Because he has dreamed of becoming a Navy officer.

3. How does Milton seduce Tessie?
(a) By joining the Navy.
(b) By complimenting her baking skills.
(c) By playing her favorite songs on her clarinet.
(d) By playing his clarinet against her skin.

4. What does Calliope do when she she is baptized?
(a) She begins crying when sprinkled with holy water.
(b) She stops crying.
(c) She urinates on Father Mike.
(d) She becomes unable to breathe when immersed in the baptismal font.

5. What artistic medium does Julie Kikuchi work with?
(a) Painting.
(b) Pottery.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Photography.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Callie become a first hand witness to the burning of the diner?

2. What play do the two couples go to see the night that their babies are conceived?

3. How does Callie's physical development compare to that of the other girls in her sixth grade class?

4. Who is Mr. da Silva?

5. Why did Sourmelina's parents send her to America?

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