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

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

3. What happens to Milton as he is about to go into war that Desdemona believes is an answer to her prayers?
(a) He is injured by a fellow seaman and spends the rest of the war safely in a US hospital.
(b) He receives word that he has been accepted to the US Naval Academy and is immediately transported off of the ship.
(c) He receives word that Tessie has broken off her engagement to Mike.
(d) He is discharged from the Navy and is able to return to Detroit to work in the Zebra Room.

4. What is unique about Calliope's fifth chromosome?
(a) It produces an enzyme that prevents her from producing a certain hormone.
(b) It's structure causes her to have a birth defect.
(c) It impairs her brain development.
(d) It leads her to be a large baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Desdemona hope that Milton will marry?

2. What does Mike Antoniou think of Tessie's daily trips to the movie theatre?

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

4. How is Lefty able to get he and Desdemona out of the burning city of Smyrna?

5. What does Desdemona's mother say is critical for encourage silk worms to produce good silk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Desdemona's appearance.

2. Describe Calliope's baptism.

3. What goes through Tessie's mind as she watches movies at the theatre?

4. What is the conflict between Desdemona and Lefty in the chapter "Marriage on Ice"?

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

6. Compare Milton's and Mike Antoniou's views on religion.

7. Why is Desdemona fearful about Tessie and Milton's burgeoning romantic relationship?

8. Why does Desdemona become concerned about her unborn child after talking with Dr. Philobosian?

9. What is particular significance of Lefty and Desdemona (brother and sister) marrying for Cal/Calliope, the narrator?

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

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