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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. From where did Eli Leibovich's family immigrate?
(a) Poland.
(b) Bohemia.
(c) Lithuania.
(d) Moldavia.

2. When does Antonia pick up Robbie when he wakes from a nap and feels that she is ready to be his mamma?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) May.
(d) June.

3. What feeling does Joey hope the wartime smuggling operation will alleviate inside him in Book 3?
(a) Regret.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Shame.
(d) Self-condemnation.

4. In Book 4, how long has it been since Saul has received a letter from his mother?
(a) Over a year.
(b) About 10 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 18 months.

5. In Book 3, where does Joey know there would have been less violence if he had stayed?
(a) Plumbers' union.
(b) Electrician's union.
(c) Construction union.
(d) Bricklayers' union.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 3, where does Sofia meet Saul after Pearl Harbor is bombed?

2. When does Joey take Saul with him for the first time to pay Tommy Fianzo?

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

4. How many days do Saul, Sofia, and Julia stay with Antonia, Robbie, and Paolo when the children have the chicken pox?

5. How many children did Eli Leibovich's parents have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Paolo's job after the war?

2. What happens on May 9, 1945, and what does the narrator say will happen in three months?

3. How does everyone care for Antonia after she gives birth to Robbie and how long does it take her to recover?

4. Where does Rosa sometimes wish she could seek comfort in Book 3, and why does she know it is impossible?

5. What seems strange to Sofia after her marriage to Saul?

6. What dream has Antonia adopted?

7. Where and how did Paolo's brother die?

8. Where and how are Saul and Sofia married?

9. How did Paolo grow up?

10. Who is Sofia's first assignment when Joey gives her a job?

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