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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. What industry is the Temple No. 1 involved in?
(a) Tool and dye manufacturing.
(b) Raising silkworms and weaving silk fabric.
(c) Cigar rolling.
(d) Bootlegging.

2. Who creates the Hercules Hot Dogs style of cooking hot dogs?
(a) Callie.
(b) Dr. Philobosian.
(c) Chapter Eleven.
(d) Milton.

3. Why does Milton decide to enlist in the Navy?
(a) He wants to prove to Tessie that he is a strong, brave man.
(b) He is heartbroken when Tessie becomes engaged to Mike Antoniou.
(c) He is fiercely patriotic and wants to fight to protect America.
(d) He wants to escape taking over the Zebra Room as a career.

4. What happens to Milton as he is about to go into war that Desdemona believes is an answer to her prayers?
(a) He receives word that Tessie has broken off her engagement to Mike.
(b) He receives word that he has been accepted to the US Naval Academy and is immediately transported off of the ship.
(c) He is discharged from the Navy and is able to return to Detroit to work in the Zebra Room.
(d) He is injured by a fellow seaman and spends the rest of the war safely in a US hospital.

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Tessie and Milton feed their family only traditional Greek foods?
(a) Tessie and Milton only know how to cook Greek foods.
(b) Desdemona prefers Greek food.
(c) Mediterranean food has health benefits that help longevity.
(d) Greek food is easier to digest than American food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Desdemona admire about the women of Temple No.1?

2. Who is Fard Muhammad?

3. Who does Desdemona hope that Tessie will marry?

4. What is unusual about Desdemona's presence on Hastings Street?

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

(see the answer key)

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