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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 is Fatty’s real name?
(a) Lloyd.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Earl.
(d) Darryl.

2. How does the novel gloss the term “chamalyah”?
(a) Kiss.
(b) Wallop.
(c) Hug.
(d) Beating.

3. Which of the following institutions does Pottstown boast?
(a) Oberlin College.
(b) Grambling State University.
(c) Wiley College.
(d) The Tucker School.

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

5. On what day of the week does Moshe have his vision of Moses?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the text gloss the nickname given the rabbi who succeeds Chona’s father?

2. Which of the following operates an ice house in Chicken Hill?

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

4. To which of the following had Shad Davis intended to send his children?

5. What nickname does Chona have among the local Jewish community?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anna Morse leave the theatre business?

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

3. To what does Chona ascribe her and Moshe’s commercial success?

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

5. Why did Moshe have trouble advertising his first major show?

6. What does Nate use as a euphemism for his sister-in-law’s death?

7. How does Isaac stereotype Bulgarians?

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

9. Why does Paper not work as a maid?

10. Why does Malachi maintain Black Americans have an advantage?

(see the answer keys)

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