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

2. Ray admits that he is the one who is planting the mystery ____________ at the cemetery.
(a) Daisies.
(b) Roses.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Carnations.

3. Dominick is told that he needs to commit to __________ trial sessions before Patel will take him back on as a patient.
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

4. 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) Dominick.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Concettina.

5. What does Ray do in response to the way the boys act in church, which Dominick shares with Patel?
(a) Smashes Thomas' present.
(b) Leaves the house.
(c) Drinks more.
(d) Calls Ma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thomas and Dominick have to do in order to go to All Saint's Mass in the morning?

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

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

4. Ray decides to show more care and concern for his '______' when Dominick is laid up in the hospital.

5. In a dream, Dominick dreams about hanging Thomas, who turns into a forgiving ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Ray offer to help Dominick do when he is showing uncommon concern for him?

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

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

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