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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. From whom did Malachi buy a bakery?
(a) Delucci.
(b) Fabicelli.
(c) Giovanni.
(d) Antonio.

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

3. How does the text gloss the term “mazchor"?
(a) Prayer book.
(b) Cornet.
(c) House key.
(d) Pencil.

4. From which of the following does Malachi write Moshe?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) St. Louis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Chulo Davis play?

2. Which of the following had Chona’s father sold?

3. What fruit does Malachi note having only tasted in America?

4. What nickname is given to the rabbi who succeeds Chona’s father?

5. On which street was Moshe’s theatre?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Anna Morse leave the theatre business?

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

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

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

7. What occasions Dodo’s deafness?

8. Why does Moshe note not liking challah?

9. How does Isaac stereotype Bulgarians?

10. What event precipitates Bernice leaving school?

(see the answer keys)

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