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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. How does Frank feel about what he does?
(a) Empty.
(b) Remorseful.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Joyful.

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

3. What is the longest Frank can stay in one place?
(a) A season or two.
(b) A couple weeks.
(c) A year.
(d) Six months.

4. How did Karp make his fortune?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Betting on horses.
(d) Jewelry.

5. What time does Helen come home at night?
(a) Ten after seven.
(b) Quarter to six.
(c) Half past five.
(d) Four-thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick Fuso do for a living?

2. What is Morris' one true refreshment?

3. How did Morris' son die?

4. What has Frank hated to do since he was a kid?

5. What does the old woman want?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think the relevance of St. Francis is to the story?

2. What is the difference between Nat Pearl and Louis Karp?

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

4. What happens to Morris at the end of the chapter? How does this event reflect his life?

5. How is business at the store improving? Why?

6. How does Helen react to Nat's telephone call?

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

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

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

10. What traumatic event caused a change in Morris' habits?

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