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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Thomas do whenever anyone tries to ask a question of him during the meeting?
(a) Quotes a scripture.
(b) Falls asleep.
(c) Spits.
(d) Bites someone.

3. Papa agrees to get the Italian vote for ___________ if they men promise to track down Prosperine.
(a) Smith.
(b) Shanley.
(c) Shumley.
(d) O'Halloran.

4. What problem is Ray having with his body which is going to require a lot of healing time?
(a) Lung disease.
(b) Broken hip.
(c) Gangrene.
(d) Cancer.

5. In a dream, Dominick dreams about hanging Thomas, who turns into a forgiving ___________.
(a) Snake.
(b) Bat.
(c) Child.
(d) Monkey.

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

7. Who does Ignazia move in with downstairs during this part of the story?
(a) Papa.
(b) Maria.
(c) Prosperine.
(d) Vincenzo.

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

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

10. Papa offers to take both Ignazia and Prosperine into his home, though Prosperine will be the ___________.
(a) Servant.
(b) Roommate.
(c) Second wife.
(d) Mistress.

11. What are Papa's friends trying to talk him into, though he is trying to be firm about his decision?
(a) Remarriage.
(b) Baptism.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Communion.

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

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

14. 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) Building a river.
(c) Fifteen rosaries.
(d) Creating a painting.

15. Who does Dominick fear will walk out on him if he ends up needing to care for Thomas?
(a) Dessa.
(b) Joy.
(c) Angie.
(d) Marie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sheffer and Dominick think that Thomas will not get anything more out of another year at ___________.

3. Prosperine quotes to Papa that, "You'll save a __________ and lose your wife!"

4. What does Prosperine do after Papa beats Ignazia for the first time? She threatens to castrate him ________________.

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

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