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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Desdemona promise St. Christopher she will do if Milton is spared injury in the war?
(a) She will send Milton to Bithynios to repair the town's church.
(b) She will attend church on a daily basis.
(c) She will confess to her children that she and Lefty are brother and sister.
(d) She will donate a large portion of her earnings to the church.

3. What tragic event occurs on the same day as Calliope's birth?
(a) Her grandfather dies.
(b) Her grandfather has his first stroke.
(c) Callie's parents discover she has a rare genetic disorder.
(d) The Korean War begins.

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

5. Who is Mrs. Watson?
(a) Sourmelina's lover.
(b) Milton and Tessie's neighbor.
(c) Lefty's mistress.
(d) A customer at the Zebra Room.

6. Why does Milton decide to take the Annapolis entrance exam?
(a) Because he believes that being accepted into Annapolis will make Tessie proud of him.
(b) Because he wants to be relocated closer to Tessie.
(c) Because he will be exempt from drills while taking the test.
(d) Because he has dreamed of becoming a Navy officer.

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

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

9. What happens to the Zebra Room in this chapter?
(a) Lefty relocates and expands the business.
(b) Lefty sells the Zebra Room to a new owner.
(c) Lefty is forced to close the business because it is no longer profitable.
(d) Lefty is forced to close the business because of Desdemona's disapproval.

10. 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 consummate their marriage in the life boat.
(b) They board the ship separately.
(c) They have chance meetings on the deck pretending to be getting to know each other for the first time.
(d) They discuss their family tree as if they are learning it for the first time.

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

12. 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 girl and it is a girl.
(b) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a boy and it is a boy.
(c) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a boy, but it is born a girl.
(d) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a girl, but it is born a boy.

13. Why is Lefty fired from the Ford automobile company?
(a) He does not pass his English language exam.
(b) His work is sloppy and inaccurate.
(c) He is living with a man who has a criminal record (Jimmy Zismo).
(d) He refuses to wear traditional Greek dress in the Ford English School pageant.

14. What is the cause of Desdemona's heart palpitations?
(a) A rare genetic disorder.
(b) Grief over the deaths of her parents.
(c) Unproductive silkworms.
(d) Stress over the Greek occupation of Turkey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say makes him/her "the most famous hermaphrodite in history"?

2. How does Lefty communicate with Calliope?

3. What is the fate of the Silk Room at Temple No. 1 when Elijah Muhammed takes over as leader after Fard's arrest.?

4. Who does Desdemona hope that Milton will marry?

5. To what religious faith does Stephanides family belong?

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