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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 is the name Papa openly calls Prosperine when she is doing her chores in the house?
(a) Traitor.
(b) Monkey.
(c) Donkey.
(d) Horse.

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

3. What does Sheffer bring for Dominick to use in order to meet with Thomas before his hearing?
(a) Safety gear.
(b) Security clearance.
(c) A name medallion.
(d) A mask.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dominick wonders if his mother ever knew that she had a __________, as the memoir has revealed.

3. Who is irreverent when he enters into New York, which causes him to get backhanded?

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

5. What does Papa admit he thinks that Pasquale was doing with his pet monkey?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What story has Dominick been reading when he comes into Patel's office for a new appointment?

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

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

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

10. What does Sheffer tell Dominick about the possible future of the mental health facility, in this story?

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