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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Maria Giuseppe Benedetto's youngest child born just two months before her husband was killed?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Annunziata.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Maria.

2. What did Maurice's grandmother give him as a gift for his sixth birthday?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) A notebook.
(c) A joint.
(d) A bike.

3. When Laura offered to make lunches for Maurice to take to school, what did he ask her?
(a) If she would just give him money for the cafeteria instead.
(b) If he could get McDonald's for lunch every day.
(c) If she would get him a lunchbox to use.
(d) If she would put them in a brown paper bag.

4. In what southern Italian town did Maria Giuseppe Benedetto live with her family?
(a) Gioia del Colle.
(b) Pescara.
(c) Reggio Emilia.
(d) Giugliano in Campania.

5. When did Sebastiano Vito Procino come to America?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1859.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Maria Giuseppe Benedetto move her children to a cramped tenement apartment after arriving in New York?

2. What sentence did Darcella face for attempted murder in Chapter 15?

3. Who is Maurice's uncle that gave him a little Hess truck?

4. What did Maurice order for dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in Chapter 5?

5. What kind of bicycle did Laura get for Maurice on his fifteenth birthday?

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