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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 is the cause of Desdemona's heart palpitations?
(a) Grief over the deaths of her parents.
(b) Stress over the Greek occupation of Turkey.
(c) Unproductive silkworms.
(d) A rare genetic disorder.

2. What does the narrator say makes him/her "the most famous hermaphrodite in history"?
(a) S/he was studied by Dr. Luce.
(b) S/he went to the doctor to have a sex change operation.
(c) S/he has the brain of a boy, but was raised as a girl.
(d) S/he lived as a girl but had the body of a boy.

3. What does Desdemona fear will happen to Lefty?
(a) He will never marry and will die alone.
(b) He will marry an unattractive Turkish woman.
(c) He will become a smoker and alcoholic.
(d) He will marry a village girl and will leave Desdemona alone to care for the cocoonery.

4. What shocks Desdemona and Lefty about Sourmelina's husband, Jimmy Zismo?
(a) His religious beliefs.
(b) His wealth.
(c) His dark skin.
(d) His occupation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sourmelina's parents send her to America?

2. Why does the silk Lefty sells in the market not earn much money?

3. In the chapter "Tricknology", what does Lefty do to help supplement his income?

4. What reason does Lefty give Desdemona for his trip into town?

5. Which of the following statements best describes Lefty?

(see the answer key)

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