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

2. What does Jerome accuse Callie and the Object of being?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Backstabbers.
(c) Lesbians.
(d) Sisters.

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

4. What does Lefty decide to do to earn money to support his family after Jimmy Zismo's death?
(a) Open a bar, the Zebra Room, in his basement.
(b) Take over Jimmy's bootlegging business.
(c) Sell Jimmy's zebra skin rug.
(d) Work at the Ford factory.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the Object act towards Callie the morning after the hunting lodge visit?

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

4. What is unusual about Desdemona's presence on Hastings Street?

5. What industry is the Temple No. 1 involved in?

(see the answer key)

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