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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Rosa's oldest brother called?
(a) Bill.
(b) Marty.
(c) Legs.
(d) Thumbs.

4. After Frankie is born, during what years do Sofia and Antonia walk a different route to school to avoid the shantytowns?
(a) 1932 and 1933.
(b) 1934 and 1935.
(c) 1930 and 1931.
(d) 1931 and 1932.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many children does Giancarlo Rubio have?

4. Where is Sofia when Rosa and Joey bring Frankie home?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Antonia's first day of high school like?

2. When is the first time that Antonia sees Paolo Luigio?

3. At the beginning of Book 1, how and why do Sofia and Antonia spend time together?

4. Why does Antonia give up her dream of college?

5. As Antonia and Sofia get older, how are they different from their classmates and why?

6. What does Rosa remember about her childhood?

7. What smuggling empire does Joey Colicchio coordinate during the war?

8. What are Antonia's thoughts when her mother tells her that Uncle Joey is responsible for her father's death?

9. When does Antonia realize there is a seed of anger in Sofia?

10. What are Sofia's thoughts during the last months of high school?

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