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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area does Tommy give Joey after Carlo disappears?
(a) Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and part of Sunset Park.
(b) Red Hook, Gowanus, and part of Brooklyn Heights.
(c) Brooklyn Hieghts, Cobble Hill, and part of Fulton Ferry.
(d) Crown Heights, Wingate, and part of Prospect Park.

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

3. What is Paolo Luigio carrying when Antonia runs into him when he is on his way into Sofia's building?
(a) Watches.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Passports.

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

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

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

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

9. On the first day of high school, where does Antonia spend lunch?
(a) Art room.
(b) Outside on the lawn.
(c) Library.
(d) Cafeteria.

10. From where to where does Joey have a smuggling network?
(a) La Spezia to Tivoli.
(b) Treviso to Barrytown.
(c) Brindisi to Red Hook.
(d) Como to Rhinebeck.

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

12. What is Sofia doing at the end of Book 2 when Saul comes and tells her good night?
(a) Putting dishes away.
(b) Putting food away.
(c) Washing dishes.
(d) Drying dishes.

13. How fast can Joey Colicchio load a revolver?
(a) 12 seconds.
(b) 8 seconds.
(c) 10 seconds.
(d) 6 seconds.

14. When did Carlo emmigrate to America?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1905.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tommy Fianzo live?

2. When does Lina abandon her faith?

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

4. How old is Antonia at the beginning of Book 1?

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

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