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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Home Movies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Calliope do when she she is baptized?
(a) She begins crying when sprinkled with holy water.
(b) She stops crying.
(c) She becomes unable to breathe when immersed in the baptismal font.
(d) She urinates on Father Mike.

2. 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.

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

4. How is Lefty able to get he and Desdemona out of the burning city of Smyrna?
(a) He hitchikes from the city into the mountains.
(b) He pretends they are French citizens in order to gain passage on a departing boat.
(c) He asks Dr. Philobosian to allow them to hide in his home.
(d) He buys tickets on boat bound for Greece.

5. What condition must Desdemona meet to be hired by the Temple No. 1?
(a) She must demonstrate that she knows how to weave silk into fabric.
(b) She must pledge allegiance to their religious leader, Minister Fard.
(c) She must convince them that she had black ancestors.
(d) She must prove that she is capable of raising silk worms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sourmelina's parents send her to America?

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

3. Where do Desdemona and Lefty move to when they arrive in the United States?

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

5. Why is Lefty fired from the Ford automobile company?

(see the answer key)

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