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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Henry give to Dominick right before he pulls the trigger to end his own life?
(a) A hex.
(b) Evil eye.
(c) The finger.
(d) A curse word.

5. What is the problem that Dominick's hospital roommate continues to have as a result of a bleeding ulcer?
(a) Flatulence.
(b) Intense stomach pain.
(c) Headaches.
(d) He can't eat.

6. What is the Italian omen that Papa finds in his house on January 10, 1925?
(a) Dead dog.
(b) Single white rose.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) A poppy seed.

7. Dominick wonders if his mother ever knew that she had a __________, as the memoir has revealed.
(a) Aunt.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Sister.
(d) Twin.

8. Dessa reveals that she has started to go to __________ again after volunteering at a children's hospice.
(a) Her family's house.
(b) School
(c) Church.
(d) The library.

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) Foreman.
(b) Union organizer.
(c) Security guard.
(d) President.

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

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

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

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

14. The memoir goes into details about how Italian families negotiate a ___________ for their children.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Funeral.
(c) First communion.
(d) Baptism.

15. What happens to the first birth that Ignazia has with Papa during their marriage?
(a) Stillborn boy.
(b) Stillborn girl.
(c) Healthy girl.
(d) Healthy boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refuses to say how he will vote when it comes to Thomas' hearing about his release?

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

3. Papa offers to take both Ignazia and Prosperine into his home, though Prosperine will be the ___________.

4. What is the old phobia that Dominick has to face in addition to the shocking image he sees while at the Rood's house?

5. What does Guglielmo want Papa to manage, which is surprising to Papa when he is asked?

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