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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. On which street was a skeleton uncovered along with red fibers, a belt buckle, and a pendant?
(a) Hayes.
(b) Grant.
(c) Garfield.
(d) Wheeler.

2. Which of the following does Moshe gift Chona?
(a) Yoreh De’ah.
(b) Shulchan Aruch.
(c) Arba’ah Turim.
(d) Mishnah Beruah.

3. Of which of the following does Chona read?
(a) Jane Addams.
(b) Juliette Gordon Low.
(c) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(d) Emma Goldman.

4. From what Alabama town does Paper come?
(a) Mountain Brook.
(b) Vestavia.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Birmingham.

5. How does the novel gloss the term “twart”?
(a) Sweetmeat.
(b) Trifle.
(c) Sponge cake.
(d) Cupcake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which interstate highway runs near Pottstown?

2. Which of the following groups does Moshe try to appease via theatre bookings?

3. Which of the following was Moshe’s theatre?

4. From where had marble been ordered for the local Jewish house of worship?

5. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the people of Chicken Hill regard the devastation of Hurricane Agnes?

2. In the novel, what is the story of Moses and the burning coals?

3. Why, per Moshe, is marriage complicated for new Jewish immigrants to America?

4. What story about his family does Moshe tell to keep his audience amused as they await a show?

5. How does Malachi respond to the assertion that a mezuzah belongs on a door?

6. What event precipitates Bernice leaving school?

7. What had attracted the Black population of Pottstown to Pottstown?

8. Why does Chona have standing among the local Jewish community?

9. For what does Moshe take Malachi when the latter first arrives at the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store?

10. Why does Chona speak against her teacher on Bernice’s behalf?

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