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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Paolo spend the night when he misses Sunday dinner in Book 5?
(a) At the docks.
(b) In a park.
(c) Behind a school.
(d) Brooklyn Bridge.

2. Where is a casket buried for Carlo, though there is no body?
(a) St. Paul's.
(b) St. Patrick's.
(c) St. Mark's.
(d) St. John's.

3. What do some longshoremen think they see at a building that stands alone at the edge of the Red Hook dockyard?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A young man with bricks around his ankles.
(c) A spirit.
(d) A barefoot woman.

4. When does Sofia begin waking up gasping for air and feeling like something is weighing down her chest?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1942.

5. In Book 3, where does Joey know there would have been less violence if he had stayed?
(a) Bricklayers' union.
(b) Plumbers' union.
(c) Construction union.
(d) Electrician's union.

Short Answer Questions

1. On May 9, 1945, how late is Sofia to pick up Julia?

2. What is Rosa's oldest brother called?

3. In Book 2, how many times a week does Rosa send extra food for Antonia and her mother?

4. What does Antonia fix for her mother right before she tells her about Paolo?

5. What is Sofia doing when Joey comes home after threatening Saul?

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