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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. What does Ida suspect?
(a) That Frank is stealing from the store.
(b) That Frank is a gangster.
(c) That Frank is not who he says he is.
(d) That there is something between Frank and Helen.

2. What does Frank have trouble doing?
(a) Deciding whether or not he should date a Jewish girl.
(b) Finding a chance to talk to Helen.
(c) Remembering Helen's name.
(d) Staying awake during the work day.

3. What age does Helen miss?
(a) Sweet sixteen.
(b) Her twentieth year.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) The years before thirteen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Helen expect the phone call to be from?

2. Where do Helen and Louis go riding?

3. According to Morris, what kills the small man?

4. What does Morris get from across the street?

5. How does Frank feel about Jews?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is business at the store around Christmas? What explanation does Ida give for this?

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

3. How is business at the store?

4. How does Frank feel about life at the store?

5. What does Nick, the tenant, do to offend Morris?

6. What kind of a living does Morris make? What is ruining Morris' business?

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

8. Why does Ida resent Morris and their current situation? What responsibility does she have for the state of their lives?

9. What does Morris do for the young girl? What does this tell you about his character?

10. How does Frank feel about Helen?

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