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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following factors complicates Tessie's relationship with Father Mike?
(a) Father Mike is embarrassed he was not promoted to the head priest position in the church.
(b) They were engaged to be married years ago.
(c) Father Mike is married to Milton's sister.
(d) Tessie does not like Father Mike's wife, Zoe.

2. Why does Jimmy Fioretos call to wake Milton early one morning?
(a) Race riots have begun in the city near the Zebra Room.
(b) The Zebra Room has been broken into.
(c) The Zebra Room has caught on fire.
(d) Jimmy wants Milton to help him protect his business.

3. What does the narrator say his purpose for telling this story?
(a) To convince the reader to accept him.
(b) To record the history of his genetic anomaly.
(c) To explain why he is the way he is.
(d) To share his family history.

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

5. 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) A Cadillac.
(d) Plane tickets to Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who marries Lefty and Desdemona on the boat?

2. What religion do the members of Temple No. 1 practice?

3. What does Desdemona admire about the women of Temple No.1?

4. What tragic event occurs on the same day as Calliope's birth?

5. What is located in Desdemona's hope chest that she fears she will never use?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Marcus Wyxzewixard Challouehliczilczese Grimes.

2. What does Desdemona do when she hears that Milton's Navy unit will be going to war?

3. Describe the narrator in Book 2, Ex Ovo Omina.

4. Why are do the members of Temple No. 1 raise silkworms and produce silk fabric and clothing?

5. How does Jimmy Zismo change during Sourmelina's pregnancy?

6. Why does Lefty not marry either of the village girls that Desdemona attempts to set him up with?

7. How do Dr. Philobosian's and Uncle Pete's views on conception differ?

8. Why does Lefty visit the town of Bursa so often?

9. Describe Desdemona's silkworm box and its contents.

10. Describe Sourmelina's appearance when Lefty and Desdemona first arrive in Detroit. What is the significance of the way she looks?

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