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

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

3. Why does Desdemona visit Dr. Philobosian in this chapter?
(a) To have a physical examination
(b) To determine whether or not she is pregnant
(c) To ask him to sterilize her so she will not be able to have more children.
(d) Because she has contracted an illness from the silk workers

4. What course of treatment does Dr. Luce recommend for Callie?
(a) A series of hormone injections and cosmetic surgery to make Callie look like the boy he identifies himself as
(b) A series of hormone injections and cosmetic surgery to ensure that Callie will be able to bear children.
(c) A series of hormone injections and cosmetic surgery to make Callie look like the girl she identifies herself as.
(d) Psychotherapy to help Callie adjust to her hermaphroditism.

5. What does the narrator say his purpose for telling this story?
(a) To record the history of his genetic anomaly.
(b) To explain why he is the way he is.
(c) To convince the reader to accept him.
(d) To share his family history.