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

2. What does Frank buy after being told to leave the store?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A gun.
(c) A suit.
(d) A bouquet of flowers.

3. Who is Charlie Sobeloff?
(a) Morris' arch enemy.
(b) Morris' cousin.
(c) Morris' old partner.
(d) Morris' lawyer.

4. How much money does Carl owe Morris?
(a) Over seventy dollars.
(b) Almost one hundred dollars.
(c) A fiver plus change.
(d) Around fifty dollars.

5. Who does Morris dream of?
(a) Helen.
(b) Ephraim.
(c) His home country.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frank struggling to realize himself as?

2. Who smelled the gas first?

3. Who does Ida want Helen to marry?

4. What does Frank carve for Helen out of wood?

5. How did Morris describe the man who hit him in the robbery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arrangement does Karp propose to Morris?

2. How does business at the store change? What does Frank do to try and help it?

3. How are Helen's feelings for Frank changing?

4. How does Helen feel about her father's funeral, and his life?

5. What options are left open for the Bobers and their store?

6. What is the skinny man's proposition? What does Morris do?

7. Describe Helen and Frank's arguments about sex, and how they are resolved.

8. Describe Ward's last meeting with his father. How does it make you feel about Ward?

9. What goes through Morris' mind as he lies in bed?

10. What plans does Helen have if she and Frank get married?

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