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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Dominick think that he passes when he is driving alone to the painting job?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Robocop.
(c) Ma.
(d) Nedra Frank.

3. What makes Papa's heart race when he enters into the harbor of New York for the first time?
(a) Statue of Liberty.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) The boat's hard entry.
(d) The train station.

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

5. Who does Papa decide that he wants to marry, even though this woman has decided she wants to marry in the American way?
(a) Maria.
(b) Trulia.
(c) Ignazia.
(d) Prosperine.

6. What kind of work can Papa not get so he has to take a job as a night janitor at the public library?
(a) Artist.
(b) Mason.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Writer.

7. 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) Bats.
(d) Heights.

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

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

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

11. Sheffer and Dominick think that Thomas will not get anything more out of another year at ___________.
(a) Morning Glory.
(b) Twin Peaks.
(c) Hatch.
(d) Patel.

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

13. Who decided to abstain from the vote to move Thomas or to keep him at the center?
(a) Sheffer.
(b) Patel.
(c) Broom.
(d) Tex.

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

15. Because Papa was able to stop ____________, he is promoted to a nighttime supervisor at Plant 2.
(a) Pay raises.
(b) A mutiny.
(c) Unionization.
(d) Rising costs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem is Ray having with his body which is going to require a lot of healing time?

2. Who does Ignazia move in with downstairs during this part of the story?

3. When Signora Siragusa dies, _________ is a pallbearer as he feels she was like a mother to him.

4. What is the name Papa openly calls Prosperine when she is doing her chores in the house?

5. What did Henry give to Dominick right before he pulls the trigger to end his own life?

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