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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) Desdemona is dressed in traditional Greek clothing while everyone on Hastings Street is dressed in modern clothing.
(c) Hastings Street is primarily a black neighborhood and Desdemona is white.
(d) Hastings Street is a long distance from her home on Hurlbut.

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

3. What does Desdemona vow to never do again after Milton's birth?
(a) Predict the sex of an unborn child using her silver spoon.
(b) Care for Sourmelina's baby, Theodora.
(c) Have another child.
(d) Tell anyone that she and Lefty are brother and sister.

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a criterion in the real estate "Point System"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Marital status.
(c) Ethnic origin.
(d) Occupation.

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 the Object tell Callie that she (Callie) sees "no irony in"?

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

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

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

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