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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the hair of the second child to which Ignazia gives birth during her marriage to Papa?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

2. What is the old phobia that Dominick has to face in addition to the shocking image he sees while at the Rood's house?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Heights.
(d) Bats.

3. What does Prosperine do after Papa beats Ignazia for the first time? She threatens to castrate him ________________.
(a) With a hot poker.
(b) With a razor blade.
(c) At knifepoint.
(d) With her teeth.

4. What does Ignazia refuse to attend, even though these are thrown with Papa in mind?
(a) Plays.
(b) Soccer tournaments.
(c) Charity telethons.
(d) Banquets.

5. What does Papa's daughter tell him to do instead of just using poultices to help himself fight colds?
(a) Stop working so hard.
(b) Call off work.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Quit his job.

6. Guglielmo assigns Papa the task of _________________ in order to receive penance for the sins he's committed in his life.
(a) Writing his memoir.
(b) Fifteen rosaries.
(c) Building a river.
(d) Creating a painting.

7. When Thomas dies, Dominick wonders if he is still a ___________ since his brother is now gone.
(a) Twin.
(b) Family.
(c) Loving brother.
(d) Worthwhile person.

8. Who is irreverent when he enters into New York, which causes him to get backhanded?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Vincenzo.
(c) Papa.
(d) Dominick.

9. Who is the attendant that has been ignoring Thomas in the rec room when Dominick sees his brother?
(a) Robocop.
(b) Billy.
(c) Broom.
(d) Tex.

10. The players at the card game talk about breaking the __________ of women, just in the same way one might do with a horse.
(a) Soul.
(b) Anger.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Movement.

11. What does Papa admit he thinks that Pasquale was doing with his pet monkey?
(a) Fattening it up to eat it.
(b) Having sex with it.
(c) Taking it on the road.
(d) Trying to sell it.

12. What does Dominick do that he is not supposed to do when he is visiting with Thomas?
(a) Talk to him.
(b) Hug him.
(c) Talk about him.
(d) Get angry.

13. Dominick notes that it is an interesting coincidence that Papa worked with a ______________ one summer as did the twins.
(a) Vincenzo.
(b) Drinkwater.
(c) Paulzia.
(d) Smith.

14. Papa orders ____________ to his bed on at least Saturdays and Sundays, hoping for a child.
(a) Ignazia.
(b) Concettina.
(c) Prosperine.
(d) Violetta.

15. Where is Vincenzo shot in revenge for his sleeping with another man's wife?
(a) Arm.
(b) Groin.
(c) Chest.
(d) Head.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a dream, Dominick dreams about hanging Thomas, who turns into a forgiving ___________.

2. What does Papa decline again and again, though it is said to be the key to serenity?

3. Also known as WASPs, this group, ______________, flocks to the ballot box and Papa is blamed for the lost election.

4. Dominick tells Patel that Dessa has gotten them the __________ that Patel recommends getting to help him.

5. What is the problem that Dominick's hospital roommate continues to have as a result of a bleeding ulcer?

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