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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tricknology.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lefty teach Desdemona to help her pass the English literacy test required for entry into America?
(a) A Bible passage forbidding incest.
(b) A Bible passage about eunuchs.
(c) Passages from the Greek Bible.
(d) English phrases.

3. In the chapter "Tricknology", what does Lefty do to help supplement his income?
(a) He rents a room in the family's home to a customer from the Zebra Room.
(b) He serves as a driver for his friend Maurice during the day.
(c) He solicits women to pose for pornographic photos taken by his friend Maurice.
(d) He extends the operating hours of the Zebra Room.

4. What reason does Lefty give Desdemona for his trip into town?
(a) To sell the silk cocoons at market.
(b) To court a woman he hopes to marry.
(c) To shop for groceries at the market.
(d) To visit a local bar and brothel.

5. Why is Lefty fired from the Ford automobile company?
(a) He does not pass his English language exam.
(b) He is living with a man who has a criminal record (Jimmy Zismo).
(c) His work is sloppy and inaccurate.
(d) He refuses to wear traditional Greek dress in the Ford English School pageant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Lefty and Desdemona's relationship?

2. Why does Desdemona visit Dr. Philobosian in this chapter?

3. What does Desdemona admire about the women of Temple No.1?

4. What is located in Desdemona's hope chest that she fears she will never use?

5. What shocks Desdemona and Lefty about Sourmelina's husband, Jimmy Zismo?

(see the answer key)

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