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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What mistake does Dr. Philobosian make when the narrator is born?
(a) He becomes distracted by Nurse Rosalee.
(b) He incorrectly diagnoses the baby with a birth defect.
(c) He fails to fully examine his/her genitals thus does not notice s/he was a hermaphrodite.
(d) He fails to administer an epidural to Tessie.

3. What does Desdemona vow to never do again after Milton's birth?
(a) Have another child.
(b) Care for Sourmelina's baby, Theodora.
(c) Predict the sex of an unborn child using her silver spoon.
(d) Tell anyone that she and Lefty are brother and sister.

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

5. What industry is the Temple No. 1 involved in?
(a) Tool and dye manufacturing.
(b) Cigar rolling.
(c) Bootlegging.
(d) Raising silkworms and weaving silk fabric.

6. What does Lefty resolve to do after his visit to the brothel?
(a) Attend the local Greek church more often.
(b) Leave Bithynios to immigrate to America.
(c) Tell Desdemona of his feelings for her.
(d) Marry a village girl and start a family.

7. How does Desdemona's prediction of the sex of the baby compare to it's actual sex?
(a) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a boy and it is a boy.
(b) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a boy, but it is born a girl.
(c) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a girl, but it is born a boy.
(d) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a girl and it is a girl.

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

9. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Desdemona.
(b) Tessie.
(c) Milton.
(d) Calliope.

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

11. What helps narrator feel more masculine?
(a) His full head of hair.
(b) Using urinals in the men's bathroom.
(c) Cigars.
(d) A checked shirt.

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

13. What happens to Jimmy on Lefty's and his last trip out to the lake?
(a) He and Lefty fight and Jimmy is hurt.
(b) He is caught by the police for bootlegging.
(c) Jimmy crashes the Packard into a telephone pole.
(d) The Packard breaks through the ice and sinks below the surface with Jimmy inside.

14. Which of the following adjectives best describes the scenes of Milton in Navy training?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Focused.
(c) Comical.
(d) Brave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lefty do while working on the assembly line at Ford that angers some of the other workers?

2. What does Uncle Pete encourage Tessie and Milton to do to ensure their baby will be a girl?

3. Why does the narrator say that the riots were "the best thing that ever happened to us"?

4. How do Lefty's and Dr. Philobosian's paths cross?

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

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