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

2. What is unique about Calliope's fifth chromosome?
(a) It produces an enzyme that prevents her from producing a certain hormone.
(b) It's structure causes her to have a birth defect.
(c) It impairs her brain development.
(d) It leads her to be a large baby.

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

4. To what religious faith does Stephanides family belong?
(a) Greek Orthodox Church.
(b) The Church of Islam.
(c) The Roman Catholic Church.
(d) The Presbyterian Church.

5. Why does Milton decide to enlist in the Navy?
(a) He is heartbroken when Tessie becomes engaged to Mike Antoniou.
(b) He wants to escape taking over the Zebra Room as a career.
(c) He wants to prove to Tessie that he is a strong, brave man.
(d) He is fiercely patriotic and wants to fight to protect America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lefty do while working on the assembly line at Ford that angers some of the other workers?

2. What does Uncle Pete encourage Tessie and Milton to do to ensure their baby will be a girl?

3. What does the narrator say makes him/her "the most famous hermaphrodite in history"?

4. What is ironic about the fact that Milton decides to join the Navy instead of the Army?

5. What condition must Desdemona meet to be hired by the Temple No. 1?

(see the answer key)

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