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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Gun on the Wall.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Callie do to try to remove the memory of having sex with Jerome?
(a) She tells Jerome to never come near her again.
(b) She decides to pretend like it never happened.
(c) She confesses to the Object hoping that telling her will make her feel better.
(d) She scrubs her body repeatedly during her morning shower.

3. What does Desdemona do following Lefty's death?
(a) She wails and throws herself on his coffin.
(b) She moves from the guest house into the main house at Middlesex.
(c) She moves to the Southwest with Sourmelina.
(d) She climbs into her bed and does not leave it for ten years.

4. What industry is the Temple No. 1 involved in?
(a) Tool and dye manufacturing.
(b) Raising silkworms and weaving silk fabric.
(c) Bootlegging.
(d) Cigar rolling.

5. What condition must Desdemona meet to be hired by the Temple No. 1?
(a) She must pledge allegiance to their religious leader, Minister Fard.
(b) She must convince them that she had black ancestors.
(c) She must demonstrate that she knows how to weave silk into fabric.
(d) She must prove that she is capable of raising silk worms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerome accuse Callie and the Object of being?

2. Why does the narrator say that the riots were "the best thing that ever happened to us"?

3. What is unusual about Desdemona's presence on Hastings Street?

4. Which of the following is NOT a criterion in the real estate "Point System"?

5. What is significant about Callie's and Clementine's soak in the Middlesex hot tub?

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