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

2. What does Desdemona admire about the women of Temple No.1?
(a) Their religious devotion.
(b) Their ability to create beautiful silk fabric.
(c) Their modesty.
(d) Their work ethic.

3. 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 threaten Sourmelina.
(c) Lefty and Desdemona pay Sourmelina a fee for her silence.
(d) Sourmelina does not know that Lefty and Desdemona are siblings.

4. How does Milton seduce Tessie?
(a) By joining the Navy.
(b) By playing her favorite songs on her clarinet.
(c) By complimenting her baking skills.
(d) By playing his clarinet against her skin.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chapter Eleven do after the church service that shocks and frightens Tessie?

3. What tragic event occurs on the same day as Calliope's birth?

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

5. Who marries Lefty and Desdemona on the boat?

(see the answer key)

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