La Vita Prima
Alessandros father's job was this occupation.
What is a farmer?
The woman who refined Alessandro's English.
Who is Maria?
This family shared a room with Alessandro.
Who are the Barones?
The Barones got this disease.
What is cholera?
Alessandro moved into an apartment with this friend.
Who is Enzo?
This event killed Alessandro's father and brother, along with thousands of other Italians.
What is the Messina Earthquake/Flood?
The holidays that the Italian immigrants celebrated on the ship.
What are Christmas and the New Year?
The type of building that Alessandro and many other poor Italian immigrants lived in.
What is a tenement building?
On top of other things, Alessandro left his job because of this event.
What is the fire at his work home?
Alessandro got to thank his tutor at this restaurant.
What is a pizzeria?
Alessandro was the second in his family to learn this skill, while his mother was the first.
What is reading and writing?
What did Gabriel warn Alessandro when he arrived?
The Barones children had this job.
Who sold newspapers?
The people who were in charge of Alessandro's work.
What are padrones/patrons.
Alessandro finally achieved this job after many hardships.
What is librarian/tutor/writer.
Alessandro's little brother.
Who is Matteo?
Alessandro did this to pass time on the ship.
What is singing and dancing?
The members of the Barone family.
Who are Francesca, Lorenzo, Dario, Luca, and Anna.
This law prevented Alessandro's mother from immigrating to the U.S.
What is the 1921 Emergency Quota's Act.
After leaving his job, Alessandro took this occupation immediately afterwards.
What is a butcher?