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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 Morris look at while walking along the street?

2. Where does Detective Minogue see his son?

3. After Frank and Helen's first kiss, what does Helen do when Frank is not looking?

4. What does Helen not attend, blaming her father's illness?

5. Where are the new owners of the grocery store around the corner from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What arrangement does Karp propose to Morris?

3. How does Frank plan on convincing Morris to let him stay?

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

5. Describe the nightmare Morris has. What do you think it means?

6. How does Frank feel about his actions? What did he do to Helen?

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

8. How does Morris react when Frank tells him the truth about the hold-up?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the American Dream. Be sure to address:

1) What the American Dream means to you.

2) Obstacles faced by new Americans trying to achieve the American Dream.

3) Whether or not you feel the American Dream is still alive today, and why.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay detailing a plan for re-designing the Bober grocery store and turning it into a successful business. Thing to consider:

1) Products, promotions, specials, and displays to attract and keep customers.

2) The possibility of turning the grocery store into an entirely different type of business.

3) What you feel are the main problems facing the business, and how you will correct them.

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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