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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Papa hope to get Prosperine a job in order to make money for the household?
(a) A seamstress shop.
(b) Mill.
(c) Medical office.
(d) The local union.

2. Why is Ray going to the doctor in the first place? He has some minor _____________ in his legs.
(a) Bleeding.
(b) Numbness.
(c) Cramping.
(d) Pain.

3. What does Dominick call the current Persian Gulf war when it is brought up in conversation?
(a) The truth.
(b) Vietnam II.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A pain in his side.

4. Papa writes a letter about the passing of Vincenzo to his mother, only to find out she has died of ____________.
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A broken heart.

5. What does Ray do in response to the way the boys act in church, which Dominick shares with Patel?
(a) Smashes Thomas' present.
(b) Drinks more.
(c) Leaves the house.
(d) Calls Ma.

6. Papa will not let the local priest _________ the girl as she was made from sin, according to his belief.
(a) See.
(b) Bury.
(c) Baptize.
(d) Hold.

7. Papa buys a police dog in order to track _____________ into the woods in order to exact his revenge.
(a) Ralph.
(b) Vincenzo.
(c) Prosperine.
(d) Ignazia.

8. What does Papa smell which lets him know that someone besides Ignazia is in the house?
(a) Properine's pipe tobacco.
(b) Detergent.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Spoiled milk.

9. Papa is told that he will work alone and that he will have to work twice as hard, so he does and becomes a __________.
(a) Union organizer.
(b) Foreman.
(c) President.
(d) Security guard.

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

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

12. The priest reminds Papa of his earliest intentions of becoming a __________, though he never did.
(a) Priest.
(b) Student.
(c) Builder.
(d) Teacher.

13. Papa still feels that the mayor treats him like a dumb ____________ whenever they speak or interact.
(a) Man.
(b) Murderer.
(c) Philanderer.
(d) Immigrant.

14. Who always eats candy during the mass after Halloween, according to the way the story is told?
(a) Dominick.
(b) Both twins.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Neither twin.

15. Who refuses to say how he will vote when it comes to Thomas' hearing about his release?
(a) Sheffer.
(b) Dominick.
(c) Patel.
(d) Ralph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Italian omen that Papa finds in his house on January 10, 1925?

2. What does Ignazia refuse to attend, even though these are thrown with Papa in mind?

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

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

5. What does Thomas want from the Indian cemetery in order to cleanse his brain?

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