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

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

3. What do Frank's stories make Helen want to do?
(a) Tell him to shut up.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Travel.
(d) Roll her eyes.

4. What happens to Betty Pearl?
(a) She is run over by a streetcar.
(b) She is mugged.
(c) She gets engaged.
(d) She gets cancer.

5. What is Morris' one true refreshment?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Silence.
(d) Smoking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Ida been having dreams about?

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

3. What color is Nick's sweater?

4. What does Morris average for the last two weeks in December?

5. Where do Helen and Louis go riding?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ida feel about Frank? Is her opinion of him changing?

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

3. How does Frank feel about Helen?

4. How is business at the store?

5. How does Helen feel about her failed relationship with Nat Pearl?

6. How does Helen feel about Frank now?

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

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

9. How does Frank get a chance to talk to Helen? How does Helen react?

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

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