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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Looking Myself Up in Webster's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Pete encourage Tessie and Milton to do to ensure their baby will be a girl?
(a) Go to church and pray that they will have a baby girl.
(b) Use a thermometer to predict Tessie's ovulation date and have sex 24 hours after she ovulates.
(c) Use in-vitro fertilization.
(d) Use a thermometer to predict Tessie's ovulation date and have sex 24 hours before she ovulates.

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

3. Why does Sourmelina move back to Detroit in 1972?
(a) To be closer to her family.
(b) To escape the heat of the Southwest.
(c) Because Mrs. Watson leaves her for another woman.
(d) Mrs. Watson wants to be closer to her family.

4. Why are realtors reluctant to sell Milton a home in Grosse Pointe?
(a) Because of the way he dresses.
(b) Because of his loud voice.
(c) Because of his Greek background.
(d) Because they do not believe he can afford the mortgage.

5. Who is Fard Muhammad?
(a) Elijah Poole.
(b) Dr. Philobosian.
(c) Jimmy Zismo.
(d) Maurice Plantagenet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story?

2. What does Lefty teach Desdemona to help her pass the English literacy test required for entry into America?

3. Why does Milton decide to take the Annapolis entrance exam?

4. Why is Lefty fired from the Ford automobile company?

5. Why did Sourmelina's parents send her to America?

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