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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Patel wants to find out more about why Dominick continues to use the word __________ to describe the process of therapy.
(a) Torture.
(b) Prison.
(c) Autopsy.
(d) Jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who always eats candy during the mass after Halloween, according to the way the story is told?

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

3. Sheffer points out that Thomas has also had troubles in ______________ in the past, so that might not be an option.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is revealed as being Dominick's father when Ray breaks his promise to Ma and tells Dominick?

2. How did Dominick get Thomas in trouble when they were kids and they were in mass with Ray and Ma?

3. What is the surprise that Dominick finds when he returns home on the eve of Thomas' hearing?

4. What does Papa do since he can not trust Prosperine to not poison him as they are living together?

5. What is the warning that Ralph gives to Dominick when he phones him up secretly?

6. What is the thing that Papa beats Ignazia for, according to his memoir, in this story?

7. What does Papa receive during the blessing of the school, which overwhelms him?

8. Who fails to show up when Dominick and Ray are making funeral arrangements, in this story?

9. What does Dominick ask Ralph to do for him after he meets with Patel to talk about Thomas?

10. What does Papa find out about Prosperine and Ignazia has he searches the kitchen for poison?

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