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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 shocks Desdemona and Lefty about Sourmelina's husband, Jimmy Zismo?
(a) His religious beliefs.
(b) His wealth.
(c) His occupation.
(d) His dark skin.

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

3. What commentary on beauty does Julie Kikuchi make in this chapter?
(a) True beauty comes from inside a person.
(b) Beauty is always freakish.
(c) Gender has no bearing on beauty.
(d) Beauty is only skin deep.

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

5. What tragic event occurs on the same day as Calliope's birth?
(a) Her grandfather has his first stroke.
(b) Callie's parents discover she has a rare genetic disorder.
(c) Her grandfather dies.
(d) The Korean War begins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements best describes Lefty?

2. How does Milton seduce Tessie?

3. What is the English translation of "ex ovo omnia"?

4. How is Lefty able to get he and Desdemona out of the burning city of Smyrna?

5. What religion do the members of Temple No. 1 practice?

(see the answer key)

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