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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dominick call the current Persian Gulf war when it is brought up in conversation?

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

3. When Dominick finally falls asleep after his long drive, he dreams of unbaptized ____________ trapped under the ice.

4. What does Papa smell which lets him know that someone besides Ignazia is in the house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Vincenzo killed after Papa decides to disown him instead of shaming him?

3. Where is Ignazia finally found after she leaves and the dog has been poisoned after her departure?

4. What is the incident which makes Papa finally go to confession after he begins to think about how far he has strayed?

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

6. What does Pasquale do which makes Papa so upset that he begins to weep for Pasquale?

7. What does Papa refuse to do when he finds out that Ignazia is pregnant?

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

9. What does Ray ask for when he does not recognize Dominick when he visits him, in this story?

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

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