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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 begins crying when sprinkled with holy water.
(b) She becomes unable to breathe when immersed in the baptismal font.
(c) She stops crying.
(d) She urinates on Father Mike.

2. What does Lefty decide to do to earn money to support his family after Jimmy Zismo's death?
(a) Work at the Ford factory.
(b) Take over Jimmy's bootlegging business.
(c) Open a bar, the Zebra Room, in his basement.
(d) Sell Jimmy's zebra skin rug.

3. Which of the following is NOT a criterion in the real estate "Point System"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Occupation.
(c) Marital status.
(d) Ethnic origin.

4. 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 is discharged from the Navy and is able to return to Detroit to work in the Zebra Room.
(d) He receives word that Tessie has broken off her engagement to Mike.

5. Why does Milton decide to enlist in the Navy?
(a) He is fiercely patriotic and wants to fight to protect America.
(b) He wants to prove to Tessie that he is a strong, brave man.
(c) He wants to escape taking over the Zebra Room as a career.
(d) He is heartbroken when Tessie becomes engaged to Mike Antoniou.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lefty's and Dr. Philobosian's paths cross?

2. Who is Lefty and Desdemona's sponsor for entry into America?

3. What is the "maze" that Jimmy tells Lefty women should be "shut up in"?

4. What mistake does Dr. Philobosian make when the narrator is born?

5. What reason does Lefty give Desdemona for his trip into town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Fard Muhammad's beliefs about the evolution of race.

2. How does Desdemona react to the speeches that she hears through the heating grates while working in the Silk Room?

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

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

5. Describe Desdemona's transformation after Calliope's birth.

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

7. Describe the Greek General Hajienestis.

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

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

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

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