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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________ retains grief at having been too busy at the end of a semester to enjoy the new baby.
(a) Dominick.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Dessa.
(d) Joy.

2. What does Dessa declare is a symptom of Dominick's toxic anger and then decides to leave him?
(a) His swearing.
(b) His lack of work.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) His vasectomy.

3. When Thomas is taken for mental health care, he is told that he will be there for __________ days for observation.
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Thirty.

4. Whenever Dominick sees ______________, thoughts overtake him about what might have been for Angela.
(a) Little girls.
(b) Swimming pools.
(c) Books.
(d) Tree houses.

5. What did Thomas and Dominick have to do in order to go to All Saint's Mass in the morning?
(a) They had to walk with Ma and Ray.
(b) Get on a bus.
(c) Not go trick or treating.
(d) Go to bed early on Halloween.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stands next to the Indian Cemetery as described in the book in Three Rivers, CT?

2. Who does Dominick lie to about Penny Drinkwater on the day that she disappears and is eventually found murdered?

3. Dominick wishes his father was television's _______________ and daydreams about other fathers who treat their sons well.

4. What kind of work can Papa not get so he has to take a job as a night janitor at the public library?

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

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