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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. Who discovers Callie's unusual genitals in this chapter?
(a) Jerome.
(b) The Object.
(c) Dr. Luce.
(d) The emergency room doctor and nurse.

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

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

4. What does Desdemona do following Lefty's death?
(a) She wails and throws herself on his coffin.
(b) She climbs into her bed and does not leave it for ten years.
(c) She moves to the Southwest with Sourmelina.
(d) She moves from the guest house into the main house at Middlesex.

5. How does the Object act towards Callie the morning after the hunting lodge visit?
(a) She is eager to tell Callie about her feelings for Rex.
(b) She does not talk to Callie.
(c) She is eager to hear details about Callie's night with Jerome.
(d) She is angry at Callie for having sex with her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Callie and the Object react to Jerome's vampire movie shoot in the woods?

2. Why are realtors reluctant to sell Milton a home in Grosse Pointe?

3. What is the first luxury Milton purchases with the insurance money?

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

5. What does the Object tell Callie that she (Callie) sees "no irony in"?

(see the answer key)

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