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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 37-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is forbidden to have male visitors while her family is away, though she does so anyway?
(a) Dessa.
(b) Patel.
(c) Joy.
(d) Ma.

2. What does Ray decide to purchase in order to be able to see the moon landing in 1969?
(a) Color television.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A radio.
(d) A black and white television.

3. What is the language in which the life story of Papa is written, which is why the family never had it translated?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Greek.
(d) French.

4. Ma accepts her diagnosis as one which is ____________, even if it means that she will die a painful death.
(a) Needed.
(b) Unfair.
(c) A relief.
(d) God's will.

5. Sheffer tries to bond with Dominick, comparing him to the literary figure _______________.
(a) Mr. Darcy.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Sam.
(d) Don Quixote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dominick wonders if his mother ever knew that she had a __________, as the memoir has revealed.

2. The memoir goes into details about how Italian families negotiate a ___________ for their children.

3. What color is the hair of the second child to which Ignazia gives birth during her marriage to Papa?

4. Who is always noting the different venial and mortal sins which causes Dominick to worry about his future?

5. Life is just a cosmic _________, according to Dominick, a chair yanked away from a table when you're ready to sit down.

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