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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 artistic medium does Julie Kikuchi work with?
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Photography.
(c) Painting.
(d) Pottery.

2. How does Lefty manage to keep the men in the gaming room from stealing his winnings?
(a) He loses them all in subsequent games.
(b) He hides them in his sock.
(c) He fights the men and wins.
(d) He flees from the gaming room and hides.

3. What does Dr. Philobosian have that he believes will protect him from the Turks?
(a) A letter certifying that he treated the Greek military leader.
(b) A successful medical practice.
(c) Money to bribe the Turkish soldiers.
(d) A letter certifying that he treated the Turkish military leader.

4. Why did Sourmelina's parents send her to America?
(a) She was caught in a scandalous affair with a woman.
(b) They wanted her to find fame and fortune in America.
(c) They could not afford to support an unmarried daughter.
(d) They could not find a man to marry her in Bithynios.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Desdemona and Lefty about Sourmelina's husband, Jimmy Zismo?

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

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

4. Who is Mrs. Watson?

5. What does Chapter Eleven do after the church service that shocks and frightens Tessie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Tessie and Milton want a baby daughter so badly?

2. Why do the Ford Sociological Department workers visit Lefty's home? What do they find that concerns them?

3. Describe Calliope's baptism.

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

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

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

7. Why do Desdemona and Lefty pretend that they do not know each other while aboard the Giulia?

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

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

10. Why does the vigilante who throws a Molotov Cocktail into the Zebra Room yell "Opa!" as he sets the diner on fire?

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