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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 Tessie discover?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) Frank's gun.
(c) That Morris has cancer.
(d) That Ward is planning on killing Frank and Helen.

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

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

4. Where does Detective Minogue see his son?
(a) Earl's bar.
(b) Karp's liquor store.
(c) Reflected in a mirror.
(d) On the cold streets.

5. What is Frank struggling to realize himself as?
(a) A lover.
(b) A person.
(c) A scholar.
(d) A grocer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what place does Frank seem surer of himself?

2. What does Nick smell in the hall?

3. Who comes to visit Frank unexpectedly?

4. What might get lost with Frank's name on it?

5. How does Frank feel about his actions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Morris nearly die? Who saves him?

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

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

5. Describe Helen and Frank's first kiss.

6. What happens to Karp's liquor store? How does Morris feel about it?

7. How does Helen feel about Frank not being Jewish?

8. What happens when Helen goes to meet Frank to tell him that she loves him?

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

10. How does Morris view his luck in this chapter?

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