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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of business used to occupy the space that is now the competing grocery store?
(a) Candy shop.
(b) Record store.
(c) Pharmacy.
(d) Tailor.

2. Who does Frank think about a lot?
(a) Tessie.
(b) Ida.
(c) Morris.
(d) Helen.

3. What does Helen do with Frank's gifts?
(a) Keep and treasure them forever.
(b) Sell them at a pawn shop.
(c) Give them back.
(d) Re-gift them to her friends at Christmas.

4. What improper thing does Frank do at the end of the chapter?
(a) Do drugs.
(b) Send away a potential buyer for the store.
(c) Watch Helen take a shower.
(d) Make an aggressive advance on Helen.

5. What does Morris worry about when he is alone?
(a) His health.
(b) His family.
(c) His future.
(d) His finances.

6. What did Frank do with his portion of the money from the heist?
(a) He threw it in the trash.
(b) He put it back in the register.
(c) He spent it on liquor.
(d) He hid it in his hat.

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

8. What does Frank give Helen as a gift?
(a) A hat and Frank's personal diary.
(b) A dress and a copy of the Bible.
(c) A scarf and a copy of Shakespeare.
(d) A necklace and a fashion magazine.

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

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

11. What causes the house to always be dusty?
(a) The lumberyard.
(b) The coming and going of the customers.
(c) The coal yard.
(d) The street cleaners.

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

13. Who does Helen tell Ida that she is meeting at the library?
(a) Nat Pearl.
(b) A new guy.
(c) Frank.
(d) Clark Gable.

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

15. What virtue is very important to Frank?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Valor.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Humility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frank Alpine say he is living?

2. What is the longest Frank can stay in one place?

3. Where do Helen and Louis go riding?

4. What is the name of the old Polish woman's dog?

5. What does Helen promise herself she will do in the fall?

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