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

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

3. After his meetings, where does Sofia's papa take her for gelato?
(a) Barraco Blvd.
(b) Campus Rd.
(c) Columbia Ave.
(d) Smith Street.

4. At the beginning of Book 1, how old are Antonia and Sofia's mothers?
(a) 23.`
(b) 27.
(c) 26.
(d) 28.

5. What is the name of Sofia and Antonia's teacher when they start school?
(a) Mr. Flanagan.
(b) Mr. Monaghan.
(c) Mr. Brady.
(d) Mr. Carmody.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Paolo's mother?

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

3. Where did Saul Grossman grow up?

4. What does Antonia fix for her mother right before she tells her about Paolo?

5. How long does Saul Grossman crouch in an ocean liner retching?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Joey begin to work for Tommy Fianzo?

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

5. How does Lina respond when Antonia tells her she is in love?

6. How is Sofia's first day of high school?

7. What conversations do Sofia and Antonia have each week before the dinners, and what are they thinking to themselves?

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

9. What rituals does Antonia perform the evening before she begins high school?

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

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