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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Antonia gets married, how long has it been since Carlo died?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. When did Detective Leo Montague start working with Joey?
(a) 1934.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) Beginning of the war.
(d) 1927.

3. After the war ended, how long did Antonia figure out it would take her to get a degree if she took two night classes a week?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. Where does Paolo's brother die?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

5. When does Joey sign the papers on a solid, four-story brownstone in Carroll Gardens?
(a) Fall 1943.
(b) Spring 1943.
(c) Winter 1943.
(d) Summer 1943.

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

7. When is Antonia able to walk to Sofia's apartment after Robbie's birth?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) April.

8. In 1942, when is one of Paolo's brothers taken by the draft?
(a) February 2.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) January 30.

9. How far is it from Sofia's apartment to Antonia's?
(a) 2 blocks.
(b) 3 blocks.
(c) 4 blocks.
(d) 5 blocks.

10. How old is Julia the first time that Saul hurts someone?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 14 months.

11. How old is Robbie when Antonia is able to look at her face in the mirror and trace the new contours of her body?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 8 months.

12. Whose does Rosa wish she could talk to in Book 3 for comfort?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Sofia.
(c) Frankie.
(d) Lina.

13. What does Rosa offer Saul in Book 3 when he comes to tell them about the pregnancy?
(a) Soda.
(b) Wine.
(c) Water.
(d) Beer.

14. How many miscarriages did Rosa have before Frankie was born?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

15. When does Sofia wake gasping and then go and shuffle through the papers on Saul's desk?
(a) January 1945.
(b) November 1944.
(c) February 1945.
(d) December 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Book 3, how many years into the future does Antonia picture herself?

2. When Sofia talks to Antonia in Book 3, how long has it been since she slept with Saul?

3. When does Sofia start getting out of bed regularly to read Saul's notes?

4. How old is Antonia in 1946?

5. What does Sofia order to eat when she meets Detective Leo?

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