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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Silk Road.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the source of Dr. Philobosian's sadness?
(a) The other passengers are cruel to Dr. Philobosian because he is Armenian.
(b) He has no where to go when he reaches America.
(c) He had to leave his family behind in Turkey.
(d) His family was killed by the Turks.

2. What does Lefty teach Desdemona to help her pass the English literacy test required for entry into America?
(a) A Bible passage forbidding incest.
(b) English phrases.
(c) A Bible passage about eunuchs.
(d) Passages from the Greek Bible.

3. What does Desdemona keep in the silkworm box to predict the sex of a baby?
(a) A silver spoon.
(b) Her hair braids.
(c) The rope wedding crowns.
(d) A silkworm cocoon.

4. What does Chapter Eleven do after the church service that shocks and frightens Tessie?
(a) He shouts obscenities in the church.
(b) He brings a dead bird into to show Father Mike.
(c) He climbs up on a chair in the reception room.
(d) He spills hot coffee on a little girl.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is unusual about Lefty and Desdemona's relationship?

5. What does Desdemona do to help make the village girls more attractive to Lefty?

(see the answer key)

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