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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Sofia and Antonia start school together?
(a) Fall 1927.
(b) Fall 1930.
(c) Fall 1929.
(d) Fall 1928.

2. On what street was Paolo Luigio born?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Orange.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Franklin.

3. How old is Antonia at the beginning of Book 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. How long does it take Antonia to sharpen 3 pencils to the same length?
(a) 9 minutes.
(b) 8 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

5. What does Tommy Fianzo sometimes have Carlo spend nights doing?
(a) Laundering money.
(b) Transporting Canadian liquor.
(c) Transporting Cuban cigars.
(d) Transporting drugs.

6. How old is Paolo when he and Antonia meet?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

7. How does a Romani family pay Joey to buy their passage?
(a) Sell books.
(b) Sell jewelry.
(c) Sell land.
(d) Sell horses.

8. How old is Frankie in Book 2 when Sofia decides she is no longer going to church?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

9. How many brothers does Paolo have?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

10. How many other Jews travel on an ocean liner with Saul Grossman?
(a) 22.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

11. How many weeks after Antonia first runs into Paolo, does she see him again?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

12. How old is Antonia during the 1931 to 1932 school year?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

13. In Book 2, how many times a week does Rosa send extra food for Antonia and her mother?
(a) 4.
(b) At least twice.
(c) About 3.
(d) 1.

14. Where does Tommy Fianzo live?
(a) 3-story row house.
(b) 5-bedroom apartment.
(c) 2-story row house.
(d) 4-bedroom penthouse.

15. How old are Sofia and Antoinia when they sneak out to a dance in a church basement?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the trees begin to lose their leaves, what does Paolo ask Antonia to do with him?

2. What job did Joey's father and then Joey have in America?

3. What time is Sunday dinner served when Tommy FIanzo's employees come to eat?

4. How old are Sofia and Antonia when Angelo Barone corners Antonia and tells her he knows how her father died?

5. When does Sofia kiss Saul, even before she meets him?

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