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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Calliope.
(b) Milton.
(c) Tessie.
(d) Desdemona.

2. Why do Lefty and Desdemona know that they can trust Sourmelina to keep the secret that they are siblings?
(a) Sourmelina has her own secret: she is a lesbian.
(b) Lefty and Desdemona pay Sourmelina a fee for her silence.
(c) Lefty and Desdemona threaten Sourmelina.
(d) Sourmelina does not know that Lefty and Desdemona are siblings.

3. What medical fact does Dr. Philobosian share with Desdemona that makes her worry about her pregnancy?
(a) Women must take folic acid to prevent birth defects.
(b) Birth defects in babies usually only occur when families intermarry.
(c) The baby will take on the traits of whatever picture a woman is looking at when the baby is conceived.
(d) Babies must be baptized while they are still in the womb.

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

5. Who marries Lefty and Desdemona on the boat?
(a) No one, they are not married until they reach America.
(b) Dr. Philobosian.
(c) A priest traveling on the Giulia.
(d) Captain Kontoulis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helps narrator feel more masculine?

2. What does Desdemona promise St. Christopher she will do if Milton is spared injury in the war?

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

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

5. What does Desdemona fear will happen to Lefty?

(see the answer key)

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