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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 does the narrator say makes him/her "the most famous hermaphrodite in history"?
(a) S/he has the brain of a boy, but was raised as a girl.
(b) S/he went to the doctor to have a sex change operation.
(c) S/he lived as a girl but had the body of a boy.
(d) S/he was studied by Dr. Luce.

2. 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) Passages from the Greek Bible.
(c) A Bible passage about eunuchs.
(d) English phrases.

3. What does Desdemona promise St. Christopher she will do if Milton is spared injury in the war?
(a) She will confess to her children that she and Lefty are brother and sister.
(b) She will donate a large portion of her earnings to the church.
(c) She will attend church on a daily basis.
(d) She will send Milton to Bithynios to repair the town's church.

4. What does Desdemona vow to never do again after Milton's birth?
(a) Tell anyone that she and Lefty are brother and sister.
(b) Have another child.
(c) Care for Sourmelina's baby, Theodora.
(d) Predict the sex of an unborn child using her silver spoon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lefty decide to do to earn money to support his family after Jimmy Zismo's death?

3. Why do Lefty and Desdemona know that they can trust Sourmelina to keep the secret that they are siblings?

4. What is unusual about Lefty and Desdemona's relationship?

5. Who does Desdemona hope that Milton will marry?

(see the answer key)

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