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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Tiresias In Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 buys tickets on boat bound for Greece.
(c) He pretends they are French citizens in order to gain passage on a departing boat.
(d) He asks Dr. Philobosian to allow them to hide in his home.

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

3. Where does Tessie and her family wait out the riots?
(a) At the Zebra Room.
(b) At a neighbor's home.
(c) In Desdemona and Lefty's room in their basement.
(d) In Desdemona and Lefty's room in their attic.

4. Who does Desdemona hope that Milton will marry?
(a) Gaia Vasilakis.
(b) Zoe Stephanides.
(c) Tessie Zismo.
(d) Julie Kikuchi.

5. What is ironic about the fact that Milton decides to join the Navy instead of the Army?
(a) His father was a soldier in the Greek Army.
(b) Milton cannot swim.
(c) Desdemona fears for Milton's life because he will be going into war.
(d) Milton his afraid of boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Charm Bracelets?

2. What does Chapter Eleven announce he plans on majoring in after his freshman year of college?

3. What medical fact does Dr. Philobosian share with Desdemona that makes her worry about her pregnancy?

4. Who marries Lefty and Desdemona on the boat?

5. What helps narrator feel more masculine?

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