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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Looking Myself Up in Webster's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sourmelina's parents send her to America?
(a) They wanted her to find fame and fortune in America.
(b) They could not afford to support an unmarried daughter.
(c) She was caught in a scandalous affair with a woman.
(d) They could not find a man to marry her in Bithynios.

2. What does Mike Antoniou think of Tessie's daily trips to the movie theatre?
(a) He is concerned that movie going will interfere with her volunteer duties.
(b) He believes that it is frivolous to attend movies while the war is going on.
(c) He is glad that she has found something that she enjoys to fill her time while he is away.
(d) He thinks that movies are immoral.

3. What role is Callie assigned in her English class production of Antigone?
(a) Ismene.
(b) Creon.
(c) Tiresias.
(d) Antigone.

4. What concerns Milton about Lefty's business practices at the Zebra Room?
(a) Milton is concerned about Lefty's dealings with bootleggers.
(b) Milton does not understand why Lefty is paying for three insurance policies on the building.
(c) Milton believes it is immoral for Lefty to sell alcohol in the Zebra Room.
(d) Milton worries that the Zebra Room will be broken into because it is in a bad neighborhood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Tessie and Milton react to the ER doctor's diagnosis of Callie?

2. Why does the narrator say that the riots were "the best thing that ever happened to us"?

3. Who does Desdemona over hear through the heating vents in the Silk Room of the Temple No. 1?

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

5. How does Jerome react to Callie's abnormal genitals?

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