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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 finish their junior year of high school?
(a) June 1939.
(b) May 1940.
(c) June 1940.
(d) May 1939.

2. When Joey, Rosa, Sofia, Lina, and Antonia return from the ocean, what does Rosa make to eat?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Pasta Carbonara.
(c) Manicotti.
(d) Minestrone.

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

4. What does Antonia fix for her mother right before she tells her about Paolo?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Tea.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Coffee and coffee cake.

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

6. When Carlo met Tommy Fianzo on the ship to America, how many times had Tommy crossed the ocean?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

7. What job did Rosa's mother have?
(a) Finishing buttonholes.
(b) Laundress.
(c) Mending.
(d) Sewing on buttons.

8. In Book 2, how long have Joey and Rosa been married?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 15 years.

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

10. What is the name of Paolo's mother?
(a) Gabriella.
(b) Francesca.
(c) Angelina.
(d) Viviana.

11. How many children does Giancarlo Rubio have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

12. How old are Sofia and Antonia when Angelo Barone corners Antonia and tells her he knows how her father died?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

13. When Sofia and Antonia go to school, how many of the kids in their class are Italian?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/2.

14. When Antonia is 16, where does she dream of going to college?
(a) Wellesley.
(b) Barnard.
(c) Mount Holyoke.
(d) Smith.

15. After Carlo disappears, what does Antonia want to play with Sophia?
(a) African hunters.
(b) Pioneers.
(c) Indians and cowboys.
(d) Arctic explorers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Saul Grossman grow up?

2. What is Paolo Luigio carrying when Antonia runs into him when he is on his way into Sofia's building?

3. After Frankie is born, during what years do Sofia and Antonia walk a different route to school to avoid the shantytowns?

4. From where to where does Joey have a smuggling network?

5. Where is a casket buried for Carlo, though there is no body?

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