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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. How many days after Malachi’s arrival does Chona begin to recover?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

2. In what group did Chulo Davis play?
(a) Chelsea Chanticleers.
(b) Bed-Stuy Bravos.
(c) NoHo Notables.
(d) Harlem Hamfats.

3. How far is Pottstown from Reading?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 6 miles.
(c) 9 miles.
(d) 12 miles.

4. Which of the following nicknames does Rev. Spriggs have?
(a) Carp.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Bass.
(d) Snooks.

5. What game does Chona teach Bernice?
(a) Pinochle.
(b) Poker.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Rummy.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street does Paper live?

2. What is Fatty’s real name?

3. What meaning is ascribed to the nickname Chona has among the local Jewish community?

4. How does the novel gloss the term “chamalyah”?

5. To which of the following does Moshe take Chona for treatment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do local officials respond to Moshe integrating his theatre?

3. How does Nate dispose of Malachi’s challah?

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

5. What rumor surrounds Norman Skrupskelis?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Paper not work as a maid?

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