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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank want to get rid of?

2. Who does Frank think about a lot?

3. What does Frank secretly do while he works?

4. What does Ida hope Karp will do?

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 does Nick, the tenant, do to offend Morris?

3. How does Frank feel about Helen?

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

5. How does Frank do while filling in for Morris?

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

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

8. What does Frank Alpine say about his luck and opportunities?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on Jewish culture, tradition, and custom. Be sure to address:

1) What you feel it means to be Jewish.

2) Unique aspects of Jewish culture.

3) The contributions of the Jewish people to America.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the plight of family-owned business in the industrialized world. Be sure to address:

1) Threats to and challenges faced by family-owned business in America and worldwide.

2) How important you feel protecting family-owned business is, and why.

3) Policy suggestions for protecting and improving family-owned business.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing how you feel Frank and Helen's lives turn out following the end of the novel. Be sure to address:

1) How you feel the character traits of Frank and Helen will determine their futures.

2) Whether or not you think Frank and Helen will marry, and why.

3) Whether you feel the author intends the reader to have a positive or negative impression of Frank and Helen's lives following the end of the story, and why.

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