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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Frank take laundry with Rappaport?
(a) Reichstag.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Dachau.
(d) Monowitz.

2. When Frank became the colonel's orderly, what was the name of the colonel's driver?
(a) Wade Hansen.
(b) Phil Tanner.
(c) Bob Bryant.
(d) Charlie Martin.

3. How much did it cost to ride the Staten Island ferry?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 8 cents.
(c) 3 cents.
(d) 5 cents.

4. What book did Corporal Dunphy lend Frank?
(a) On Irish themes.
(b) A World I Never Made.
(c) The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan.
(d) Lonely for the Future.

5. How many times did Frank ride the Staten Island ferry after he quit the training for an office job?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

6. What was the name of the girl with a limp who Frank asked to dance in Limerick?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Aileen.
(c) Briana.
(d) Deirdre.

7. Where did a doctor tell Frank that his infectious eye problem came from?
(a) China.
(b) New Guinea.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Europe.

8. What was the name of the professor of Frank's Introduction to Literature class?
(a) Mr. Anderson.
(b) Mr. Whitcomb.
(c) Mr. Brown.
(d) Mr. Herbert.

9. Where was Horace's son going to college?
(a) New York.
(b) Canada.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Los Angeles.

10. Who was the Vice President of the United States when Frank was drafted?
(a) Hiram Johnson.
(b) John Garner.
(c) Alben Barkley.
(d) John Bricker.

11. What color flowers did a girl have on her dress in a refugee camp that Frank and the other men visited after taking laundry to be done?
(a) Purple.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

12. Where did Frank's landlady, Mrs. Austin, come from?
(a) Norway.
(b) Finland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Sweden.

13. After quitting the training for his office job, where did Frank have a beer?
(a) Sofrito.
(b) B Side.
(c) Scores.
(d) Bean Pot.

14. Where did Frank get a job when he got out of the army?
(a) Merchants Refrigerating Company.
(b) Port Warehouses.
(c) Baker and Williams Warehouse.
(d) Wyatt Construction Company.

15. What type of soup did Frank eat on Christmas Day at Chock Full o'Nuts?
(a) Pea.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Chicken noodle.
(d) Vegetable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Corporal Vinnie Gandia play?

2. What did the bartender at Costello's tell Frank he had to read before he could come back to the bar?

3. What was the name of the ship that Frank sailed on to America in 1949?

4. After he left the army, how much did Frank make at his first job?

5. What was the name of Frank's church in Limerick?

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