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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 did Henry give to Dominick right before he pulls the trigger to end his own life?
(a) Evil eye.
(b) A hex.
(c) A curse word.
(d) The finger.

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

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

4. The players at the card game talk about breaking the __________ of women, just in the same way one might do with a horse.
(a) Anger.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Soul.
(d) Movement.

5. Papa orders ____________ to his bed on at least Saturdays and Sundays, hoping for a child.
(a) Ignazia.
(b) Prosperine.
(c) Violetta.
(d) Concettina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is fired from his job at the plant and eventually becomes a greengrocer at Hurok's Market?

2. What is the old phobia that Dominick has to face in addition to the shocking image he sees while at the Rood's house?

3. Papa offers to take both Ignazia and Prosperine into his home, though Prosperine will be the ___________.

4. Also known as WASPs, this group, ______________, flocks to the ballot box and Papa is blamed for the lost election.

5. Where is Vincenzo shot in revenge for his sleeping with another man's wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dominick ask Ralph to do for him after he meets with Patel to talk about Thomas?

3. What story has Dominick been reading when he comes into Patel's office for a new appointment?

4. How did Dominick get Thomas in trouble when they were kids and they were in mass with Ray and Ma?

5. Who is revealed as being Dominick's father when Ray breaks his promise to Ma and tells Dominick?

6. What does Sheffer tell Dominick about the possible future of the mental health facility, in this story?

7. What does Papa do since he can not trust Prosperine to not poison him as they are living together?

8. What does Papa find out about Prosperine and Ignazia has he searches the kitchen for poison?

9. What does Ray ask for when he does not recognize Dominick when he visits him, in this story?

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

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