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

2. Papa buys a police dog in order to track _____________ into the woods in order to exact his revenge.
(a) Vincenzo.
(b) Ignazia.
(c) Prosperine.
(d) Ralph.

3. Who does Ray lock in the closet for hours on end as a child, possibly causing him to have troubles in the modern time?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Dominick.
(d) Concettina.

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

5. Who always eats candy during the mass after Halloween, according to the way the story is told?
(a) Both twins.
(b) Neither twin.
(c) Dominick.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of work can Papa not get so he has to take a job as a night janitor at the public library?

3. Where does Papa hope to get Prosperine a job in order to make money for the household?

4. What does Dominick do that he is not supposed to do when he is visiting with Thomas?

5. Who does Dominick think that he passes when he is driving alone to the painting job?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Papa become the first Italian boss in the textile mill where he works, according to his memoir?

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

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

6. What is the second child that Ignazia gives birth to, an obvious baby from another partner?

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

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

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

10. What does Dominick see when he climbs to the third story in order to paint the Roods' house anyway?

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