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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Desdemona keep in the silkworm box to predict the sex of a baby?
(a) The rope wedding crowns.
(b) A silver spoon.
(c) A silkworm cocoon.
(d) Her hair braids.

2. What play do the two couples go to see the night that their babies are conceived?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Antigone.
(d) The Minotaur.

3. What does Chapter Eleven do after the church service that shocks and frightens Tessie?
(a) He shouts obscenities in the church.
(b) He brings a dead bird into to show Father Mike.
(c) He climbs up on a chair in the reception room.
(d) He spills hot coffee on a little girl.

4. What does Lefty decide to do to earn money to support his family after Jimmy Zismo's death?
(a) Work at the Ford factory.
(b) Open a bar, the Zebra Room, in his basement.
(c) Take over Jimmy's bootlegging business.
(d) Sell Jimmy's zebra skin rug.

5. Which of the following actions is NOT part of Lefty and Desdemona's plan to convince themselves and others that they are young lovers rather than brother and sister?
(a) They have chance meetings on the deck pretending to be getting to know each other for the first time.
(b) They board the ship separately.
(c) They consummate their marriage in the life boat.
(d) They discuss their family tree as if they are learning it for the first time.

6. What is the only article of modern technology does the superstitious and traditional Desdemona embraces?
(a) The vacuum cleaner.
(b) The television.
(c) The record player (hi-fi).
(d) The automobile.

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

8. Who does Desdemona hope that Tessie will marry?
(a) Gus Vasilakis.
(b) Milton Stephanides.
(c) Mike Antoniou.
(d) Dr. Philobosian.

9. What does Desdemona vow to never do again after Calliope's birth?
(a) Attend church.
(b) Speak to Tessie.
(c) Predict a child's sex.
(d) Leave her ill husband alone.

10. What reason does Lefty give Desdemona for his trip into town?
(a) To visit a local bar and brothel.
(b) To shop for groceries at the market.
(c) To sell the silk cocoons at market.
(d) To court a woman he hopes to marry.

11. What concerns Milton about Lefty's business practices at the Zebra Room?
(a) Milton believes it is immoral for Lefty to sell alcohol in the Zebra Room.
(b) Milton is concerned about Lefty's dealings with bootleggers.
(c) Milton worries that the Zebra Room will be broken into because it is in a bad neighborhood.
(d) Milton does not understand why Lefty is paying for three insurance policies on the building.

12. How does Lefty manage to keep the men in the gaming room from stealing his winnings?
(a) He loses them all in subsequent games.
(b) He fights the men and wins.
(c) He hides them in his sock.
(d) He flees from the gaming room and hides.

13. What is political and social climate of Detroit in this chapter?
(a) Poor economics have forced several local businesses to close.
(b) There is racial harmony between blacks and whites.
(c) The federal government has taken over control of the city.
(d) There is racial conflict between black and whites.

14. What is the first luxury Milton purchases with the insurance money?
(a) A Cadillac.
(b) The first Hercules Hot Dog stand.
(c) A new home in Grosse Pointe.
(d) Plane tickets to Turkey.

15. 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 before she ovulates.
(c) Use a thermometer to predict Tessie's ovulation date and have sex 24 hours after she ovulates.
(d) Use in-vitro fertilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Watson?

2. What industry is the Temple No. 1 involved in?

3. Which of the following factors complicates Tessie's relationship with Father Mike?

4. What is the English translation of "ex ovo omnia"?

5. What is unique about Calliope's fifth chromosome?

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