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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Frank struggling to realize himself as?
(a) A scholar.
(b) A lover.
(c) A grocer.
(d) A person.

2. What type of disease does Schmitz have?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) A blood disease.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) Brain cancer.

3. Who tries to rape Helen?
(a) Louis.
(b) A homeless man.
(c) Nat.
(d) Ward.

4. Where does Detective Minogue see his son?
(a) Earl's bar.
(b) Karp's liquor store.
(c) Reflected in a mirror.
(d) On the cold streets.

5. What does Nick smell in the hall?
(a) A rat.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Gas.
(d) Blood.

6. What more does Frank want from Helen?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Children.
(c) To make their relationship public.
(d) Sex.

7. What might get lost with Frank's name on it?
(a) Drugs.
(b) His gun.
(c) Frank's driver's license.
(d) A pile of money.

8. What does Morris do after Ida goes to sleep?
(a) Go for a walk.
(b) Smoke a cigarette.
(c) Have a glass of whiskey.
(d) Shovel the snow.

9. What does Helen not attend, blaming her father's illness?
(a) Frank's going-away party.
(b) Schmitz's funeral.
(c) Betty's wedding.
(d) University.

10. What have Morris and Helen not told Ida?
(a) That a new grocery store is opening around the corner.
(b) That Frank must leave.
(c) That Ward attacked Helen.
(d) That Frank was stealing.

11. How does Ida refer to Frank?
(a) A shmuck.
(b) A shlimozel.
(c) A goy.
(d) A shikse.

12. Who does Ida say Helen should marry?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Frank Alpine.
(c) Nat Pearl.
(d) Louis Karp.

13. How does Frank feel about his actions?
(a) They burn.
(b) They stink.
(c) They are ugly.
(d) They hurt.

14. What does Morris catch Frank doing?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Smoking marijuana.
(c) Talking to Ward Minogue.
(d) Kissing Helen.

15. What does Frank think the Jews can make from their suffering?
(a) A way of life.
(b) A better future.
(c) A suit.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the Spring moves Morris profoundly?

2. In what place does Frank seem surer of himself?

3. Who does Ida want Helen to marry?

4. How much money does Frank borrow from Sam Pearl to re-open the store?

5. What color is the uniform at Sobeloff's market?

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