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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Gun on the Wall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about Desdemona's presence on Hastings Street?
(a) Hastings Street is primarily a white neighborhood and Desdemona is black.
(b) Hastings Street is primarily a black neighborhood and Desdemona is white.
(c) Hastings Street is a long distance from her home on Hurlbut.
(d) Desdemona is dressed in traditional Greek clothing while everyone on Hastings Street is dressed in modern clothing.

2. What is the first luxury Milton purchases with the insurance money?
(a) The first Hercules Hot Dog stand.
(b) A Cadillac.
(c) A new home in Grosse Pointe.
(d) Plane tickets to Turkey.

3. Why are realtors reluctant to sell Milton a home in Grosse Pointe?
(a) Because of the way he dresses.
(b) Because of his loud voice.
(c) Because they do not believe he can afford the mortgage.
(d) Because of his Greek background.

4. What is significant about Callie's and Clementine's soak in the Middlesex hot tub?
(a) The girls discover their interest in water ballet.
(b) Callie injures Clementine.
(c) Lefty spies on the girls while they are in the hot tub.
(d) Callie discovers she is sexually attracted to girls.

5. What industry is the Temple No. 1 involved in?
(a) Tool and dye manufacturing.
(b) Raising silkworms and weaving silk fabric.
(c) Cigar rolling.
(d) Bootlegging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lefty decide to do to earn money to support his family after Jimmy Zismo's death?

2. What does Callie do to try to remove the memory of having sex with Jerome?

3. Which of the following is NOT a criterion in the real estate "Point System"?

4. What does Jerome accuse Callie and the Object of being?

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

(see the answer key)

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