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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ida hope Karp will do?
(a) Oil the floors.
(b) Buy the store.
(c) Force out the competing grocery stores.
(d) Find a good supplier.

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

3. What did Frank have a role in?
(a) A local play.
(b) Helen's breakup with Nat Pearl.
(c) The hold-up at the store.
(d) The Holocaust.

4. What habit does Ida nag Morris about?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Nail biting.
(d) Gambling.

5. What favor does Frank do for Morris?
(a) Frank washes the windows of the store.
(b) Frank finds the men who held up the store and brings them to justice.
(c) Frank lends Morris $5 with no interest.
(d) Frank burns down the store of the German across the street.

6. What is the name of the magazine that Morris reads?
(a) Forward.
(b) Today.
(c) Tomorrow.
(d) Progress.

7. What book is Helen reading on the subway?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) The Oddessy.
(d) Tom Sawyer.

8. What does Frank secretly do while he works?
(a) Watch Helen.
(b) Steal.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Make plans to rob the bank across the street.

9. How old is Ida?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Fifty-three.
(d) Fifty-one.

10. What does Morris get from across the street?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) A present for Frank.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A haircut.

11. What does Ida say will happen because of Frank?
(a) A tragedy.
(b) A big pile of nothing.
(c) A catastrophe.
(d) A miracle.

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

13. How many rooms does the Bober flat have?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

14. What month is it at the beginning of the novel?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) October.

15. What does Morris average for the last two weeks in December?
(a) $180.
(b) $140.
(c) $190.
(d) $340.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Ida been having dreams about?

2. What does Ida hate to touch?

3. Who telephones Helen?

4. Who does Frank think about a lot?

5. What does Frank have trouble doing?

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