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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ida shut off when she comes down in the morning?
(a) The radiators.
(b) The water heater.
(c) The radio.
(d) The lights.

2. What does Frank carve for Helen out of wood?
(a) A heart.
(b) A deer.
(c) A flower.
(d) A bird.

3. Who feels guilt about Karp's store burning down?
(a) Ward.
(b) Louis.
(c) Frank.
(d) Morris.

4. What will the detective do if he sees Ward again?
(a) Look the other way.
(b) Murder him.
(c) Break his nose.
(d) Hospitalize him.

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

6. What is luck?
(a) A trickster.
(b) A gift.
(c) A talent.
(d) A friend.

7. What happened to Karp on the night of the fire?
(a) He had a heart attack.
(b) He found religion.
(c) He was in a car accident.
(d) He went missing.

8. What does Frank have removed from the store, with Ida's permission?
(a) The radiators.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The unsold stock.
(d) The security camera.

9. In what place does Frank seem surer of himself?
(a) The library.
(b) The future.
(c) Church.
(d) The store.

10. What month is it in this chapter?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) May.
(d) June.

11. Where is Morris buried?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Queens.
(d) The Bronx.

12. How does Ward die?
(a) He commits suicide.
(b) His father beats him to death with a nightstick.
(c) He dies of pneumonia.
(d) In a fire.

13. How much money does Morris figure he will have after paying down his debts?
(a) Eighty-eight thousand.
(b) Three thousand plus change.
(c) Fifty-five hundred.
(d) Barely a spare nickel.

14. How many years of experience does Morris have as a counterman?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Twenty-one years.
(d) Twenty-eight years.

15. How many days after being hospitalized does Morris die?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen feel herself doing despite her doubts?

2. Where does Detective Minogue see his son?

3. Who will buy Morris' house and store?

4. According to Helen, what is 'love' when it comes from Frank's mouth?

5. Who does Frank give three dollars to?

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