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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. According to Morris, what kills the small man?
(a) The flu.
(b) The chain store.
(c) Lack of ambition.
(d) The big man.

2. How did Karp make his fortune?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Betting on horses.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Jewelry.

3. How much money in sales did Ida take in while Morris slept?
(a) Four dollars.
(b) Three dollars.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Nothing.

4. Who does Frank recognize in the stories?
(a) Famous people from history.
(b) People that he used to know.
(c) Himself.
(d) Helen.

5. How much of her own money does Helen now get to keep?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) All of it.
(d) Five dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank give Helen as a gift?

2. What does Helen do with Frank's gifts?

3. What does Ida say will happen because of Frank?

4. What month is it at the beginning of the novel?

5. What did doctors find in Morris' lungs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Louis and Helen talk about when they go for a ride?

2. What does Frank want from Morris? What else might he be interested in?

3. What do you think the relevance of St. Francis is to the story?

4. How does Frank reward himself for working hard? Is this suspicious?

5. What terrible things are revealed about Frank in this chapter?

6. How does Frank get a chance to talk to Helen? How does Helen react?

7. How does Frank feel about Helen?

8. How is business at the store improving? Why?

9. According to Morris, what does it mean to be Jewish?

10. Describe the relationship between the old woman and the Bobers.

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