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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Guglielmo want Papa to manage, which is surprising to Papa when he is asked?
(a) A church.
(b) A new factory.
(c) A new farm.
(d) Parochial school.

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

6. Papa does not talk about the two __________ women with whom he lives when he does go into confession.
(a) Lusty.
(b) Murdering.
(c) Loving.
(d) Deranged.

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

8. Ray decides to show more care and concern for his '______' when Dominick is laid up in the hospital.
(a) Kid.
(b) Child.
(c) Boy.
(d) Brother.

9. What does Thomas want from the Indian cemetery in order to cleanse his brain?
(a) River water.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Ashes.
(d) Dirt.

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

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

12. Prosperine quotes to Papa that, "You'll save a __________ and lose your wife!"
(a) Tear.
(b) Penny.
(c) Moment.
(d) Piece of pride.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Papa decide that he wants to marry, even though this woman has decided she wants to marry in the American way?

2. Who decided to abstain from the vote to move Thomas or to keep him at the center?

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

4. The priest reminds Papa of his earliest intentions of becoming a __________, though he never did.

5. Patel wants to find out more about why Dominick continues to use the word __________ to describe the process of therapy.

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