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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Silk Road.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about Lefty and Desdemona's relationship?
(a) They are pretending to be brother and sister, but are actually involved in a romantic relationship.
(b) They are sexually attracted to each other even though they are brother and sister.
(c) They have very different interests. Lefty likes the modern, city life while Desdemona is more traditional.
(d) They live alone in their family home after their parents die.

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

3. Which of the following statements best describes Lefty?
(a) A jazz loving gangster.
(b) A traditional man in a modern town.
(c) A cruel, abusive alcoholic.
(d) A modern man in a traditional town.

4. What helps narrator feel more masculine?
(a) A checked shirt.
(b) Using urinals in the men's bathroom.
(c) His full head of hair.
(d) Cigars.

5. What does Chapter Eleven do after the church service that shocks and frightens Tessie?
(a) He climbs up on a chair in the reception room.
(b) He brings a dead bird into to show Father Mike.
(c) He shouts obscenities in the church.
(d) He spills hot coffee on a little girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Desdemona's prediction of the sex of the baby compare to it's actual sex?

2. Which of the following factors complicates Tessie's relationship with Father Mike?

3. What is Lefty's actual motivation for going into town?

4. What is unique about Calliope's fifth chromosome?

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

(see the answer key)

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