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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Marriage on Ice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following factors complicates Tessie's relationship with Father Mike?
(a) Tessie does not like Father Mike's wife, Zoe.
(b) Father Mike is married to Milton's sister.
(c) Father Mike is embarrassed he was not promoted to the head priest position in the church.
(d) They were engaged to be married years ago.

2. How does Desdemona's prediction of the sex of the baby compare to it's actual sex?
(a) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a boy and it is a boy.
(b) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a boy, but it is born a girl.
(c) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a girl, but it is born a boy.
(d) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a girl and it is a girl.

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

4. What does Desdemona attempt to smuggle into the U.S. in her silkworm box?
(a) Silkworm cocoons.
(b) A silver spoon.
(c) Silkworms.
(d) Silkworm eggs.

5. 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) A Bible passage about eunuchs.
(c) English phrases.
(d) Passages from the Greek Bible.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What play do the two couples go to see the night that their babies are conceived?

5. Where do Desdemona and Lefty move to when they arrive in the United States?

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