1. What does Desdemona fear will happen to Lefty?
(a) He will become a smoker and alcoholic.
(b) He will marry a village girl and will leave Desdemona alone to care for the cocoonery.
(c) He will never marry and will die alone.
(d) He will marry an unattractive Turkish woman.

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

3. In the chapter "Tricknology", what does Lefty do to help supplement his income?
(a) He rents a room in the family's home to a customer from the Zebra Room.
(b) He serves as a driver for his friend Maurice during the day.
(c) He solicits women to pose for pornographic photos taken by his friend Maurice.
(d) He extends the operating hours of the Zebra Room.

4. What is perplexing to Dr. Luce and his colleagues about Callie's condition?
(a) She refuses to believe that she is genetically a boy.
(b) It is unusual in someone who has not gone through puberty yet.
(c) She has both male and female genitalia.
(d) It has been yet to be seen in someone with Turkish ancestry.

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