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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. How does Callie become a first hand witness to the burning of the diner?
(a) She sees news footage of the diner catching fire on t.v.
(b) She rides her bike to the Zebra Room to help her father.
(c) Tessie drives the family to the Zebra Room to help Milton.
(d) Milton tells Callie the story of the fire when he arrives home from the diner.

2. What does the narrator say makes him/her "the most famous hermaphrodite in history"?
(a) S/he has the brain of a boy, but was raised as a girl.
(b) S/he lived as a girl but had the body of a boy.
(c) S/he went to the doctor to have a sex change operation.
(d) S/he was studied by Dr. Luce.

3. How is Lefty able to get he and Desdemona out of the burning city of Smyrna?
(a) He asks Dr. Philobosian to allow them to hide in his home.
(b) He hitchikes from the city into the mountains.
(c) He buys tickets on boat bound for Greece.
(d) He pretends they are French citizens in order to gain passage on a departing boat.

4. Why does Jimmy Zismo need to smuggle alcohol into the U.S. from Canada?
(a) It is the Prohibition and alcohol was extremely expensive in the U.S.
(b) It is the Prohibition. Distilling and selling liquor is illegal in the U.S.
(c) The liquor that he imports is not available in the U.S.
(d) He doesn't want to have to pay high tariff fees by bringing the liquor over the border.

5. What drives Desdemona and Lefty from Bithynios?
(a) The advancing Turkish army.
(b) The advancing Greek army.
(c) All of their neighbors are leaving and they do not want to be left alone in the village.
(d) The strong desire to join their cousin in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What commentary on beauty does Julie Kikuchi make in this chapter?

2. Why does the silk Lefty sells in the market not earn much money?

3. What does Callie witness late one night that foreshadows the violent turn that the riots will take?

4. Why do Lefty and Desdemona know that they can trust Sourmelina to keep the secret that they are siblings?

5. Why is Lefty fired from the Ford automobile company?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the village of Bithynios.

7. Describe Calliope's baptism.

8. Describe Desdemona's appearance.

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

10. Compare Lefty's original Zebra Room to Milton's version of the Zebra Room.

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