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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Desdemona and Lefty move to when they arrive in the United States?
(a) Detroit.
(b) New York City.
(c) Grosse Pointe.
(d) New Smyrna.

2. How does Milton seduce Tessie?
(a) By playing his clarinet against her skin.
(b) By playing her favorite songs on her clarinet.
(c) By joining the Navy.
(d) By complimenting her baking skills.

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

4. How does Lefty communicate with Calliope?
(a) By making faces.
(b) By writing on his chalkboard.
(c) Using sign language.
(d) By speaking.

5. What is located in Desdemona's hope chest that she fears she will never use?
(a) A corset.
(b) A wedding dress.
(c) A baby blanket.
(d) An olive wood silkworm box.

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

7. In "Opa!", why is Milton suddenly around the house more than at the diner?
(a) Milton has sold the Zebra Room to a new owner.
(b) Business is bad so Milton closes the restaurant several days a week.
(c) Milton wants to help care for his father, Lefty, after his stroke.
(d) The bank has foreclosed on the diner.

8. Which of the following is NOT a criterion in the real estate "Point System"?
(a) Occupation.
(b) Marital status.
(c) Ethnic origin.
(d) Religion.

9. Who does Desdemona over hear through the heating vents in the Silk Room of the Temple No. 1?
(a) Betty Smith.
(b) Sister Wanda.
(c) W.D. Fard.
(d) The Prophet Muhammed.

10. Where do Desdemona and Lefty move to in this chapter?
(a) Bithynios.
(b) Hurlbut.
(c) Milton and Tessie's home in Indian Village.
(d) Grosse Pointe.

11. How does Callie become a first hand witness to the burning of the diner?
(a) Tessie drives the family to the Zebra Room to help Milton.
(b) She rides her bike to the Zebra Room to help her father.
(c) She sees news footage of the diner catching fire on t.v.
(d) Milton tells Callie the story of the fire when he arrives home from the diner.

12. What is the source of Dr. Philobosian's sadness?
(a) He has no where to go when he reaches America.
(b) He had to leave his family behind in Turkey.
(c) The other passengers are cruel to Dr. Philobosian because he is Armenian.
(d) His family was killed by the Turks.

13. What is Lefty's actual motivation for going into town?
(a) To visit a local bar and brothel.
(b) To court a woman he hopes to marry.
(c) To shop for groceries at the market.
(d) To sell the silk cocoons at market.

14. What is unusual about Lefty and Desdemona's relationship?
(a) They live alone in their family home after their parents die.
(b) They are pretending to be brother and sister, but are actually involved in a romantic relationship.
(c) They are sexually attracted to each other even though they are brother and sister.
(d) They have very different interests. Lefty likes the modern, city life while Desdemona is more traditional.

15. Why do Lefty and Desdemona know that they can trust Sourmelina to keep the secret that they are siblings?
(a) Lefty and Desdemona pay Sourmelina a fee for her silence.
(b) Sourmelina does not know that Lefty and Desdemona are siblings.
(c) Sourmelina has her own secret: she is a lesbian.
(d) Lefty and Desdemona threaten Sourmelina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical fact does Dr. Philobosian share with Desdemona that makes her worry about her pregnancy?

2. What mistake does Dr. Philobosian make when the narrator is born?

3. Why doesn't Milton want Calliope to talk to Marius Grimes?

4. What happens to the Zebra Room's earnings?

5. Who marries Lefty and Desdemona on the boat?

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