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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. What is the problem that Dominick's hospital roommate continues to have as a result of a bleeding ulcer?
(a) Flatulence.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Intense stomach pain.
(d) He can't eat.

2. Who decided to abstain from the vote to move Thomas or to keep him at the center?
(a) Patel.
(b) Broom.
(c) Sheffer.
(d) Tex.

3. What happens to the first birth that Ignazia has with Papa during their marriage?
(a) Stillborn girl.
(b) Healthy boy.
(c) Healthy girl.
(d) Stillborn boy.

4. Papa does not talk about the two __________ women with whom he lives when he does go into confession.
(a) Lusty.
(b) Loving.
(c) Deranged.
(d) Murdering.

5. When Thomas dies, Dominick wonders if he is still a ___________ since his brother is now gone.
(a) Family.
(b) Loving brother.
(c) Twin.
(d) Worthwhile person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dominick think that he passes when he is driving alone to the painting job?

2. Papa still feels that the mayor treats him like a dumb ____________ whenever they speak or interact.

3. What color is the hair of the second child to which Ignazia gives birth during her marriage to Papa?

4. What did Thomas bruise on Sheffer, according to her appearance when she comes to visit Dominick?

5. What kind of work can Papa not get so he has to take a job as a night janitor at the public library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Papa refuse to do when he finds out that Ignazia is pregnant?

2. What is the thing that Papa beats Ignazia for, according to his memoir, in this story?

3. What is the warning that Ralph gives to Dominick when he phones him up secretly?

4. What is the surprise that Dominick finds when he returns home on the eve of Thomas' hearing?

5. What does Pasquale do which makes Papa so upset that he begins to weep for Pasquale?

6. What does Ray offer to help Dominick do when he is showing uncommon concern for him?

7. Why is Vincenzo killed after Papa decides to disown him instead of shaming him?

8. What does Dominick evade when he is talking with Patel at the beginning of this section of the story?

9. What is the second child that Ignazia gives birth to, an obvious baby from another partner?

10. Where is Ignazia finally found after she leaves and the dog has been poisoned after her departure?

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