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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What drives Desdemona and Lefty from Bithynios?
(a) The advancing Greek army.
(b) The strong desire to join their cousin in America.
(c) The advancing Turkish army.
(d) All of their neighbors are leaving and they do not want to be left alone in the village.

3. What does Dr. Philobosian have that he believes will protect him from the Turks?
(a) Money to bribe the Turkish soldiers.
(b) A successful medical practice.
(c) A letter certifying that he treated the Greek military leader.
(d) A letter certifying that he treated the Turkish military leader.

4. What does Uncle Pete encourage Tessie and Milton to do to ensure their baby will be a girl?
(a) Use a thermometer to predict Tessie's ovulation date and have sex 24 hours after she ovulates.
(b) Go to church and pray that they will have a baby girl.
(c) Use a thermometer to predict Tessie's ovulation date and have sex 24 hours before she ovulates.
(d) Use in-vitro fertilization.

5. What does Desdemona keep in the silkworm box to predict the sex of a baby?
(a) A silver spoon.
(b) A silkworm cocoon.
(c) The rope wedding crowns.
(d) Her hair braids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Desdemona do to help make the village girls more attractive to Lefty?

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

3. What is the "maze" that Jimmy tells Lefty women should be "shut up in"?

4. To what religious faith does Stephanides family belong?

5. What does Desdemona vow to never do again after Milton's birth?

(see the answer key)

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