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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 Antonia during the 1931 to 1932 school year?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

2. Where does Sofia see Saul Grossman for the first time?
(a) Walking with her father.
(b) Sunday dinner.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) Carrying something for her father.

3. Where does Tommy Fianzo live?
(a) Bronx.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Joey's family settle when they came to America?

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

3. After Carlo disappears, what does Antonia want to play with Sophia?

4. What job did Joey's father and then Joey have in America?

5. How long is the drive on the first day that Antonia and Sofia start high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Carlo come to work for Tommy Fianzo?

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

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

6. How does Antonia spend her time her first year in high school?

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

8. What does Tommy tell Joey about Carlo's disappearance?

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

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

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