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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. To which of the following does Fatty compare himself?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Washington.
(d) Grant.

2. From whom does Gus borrow money?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Rosen.
(c) Truman.
(d) Capone.

3. For whom had Paper and Miggy worked together?
(a) Vice president, Flagg Industries.
(b) Vice president, National Bank of Pottstown.
(c) Mayor of Pottstown.
(d) President of the United States.

4. How does the novel gloss the term “johnnies”?
(a) Rubber boots.
(b) Hospital gowns.
(c) Leather aprons.
(d) Medical scrubs.

5. How many people are lodged in the *ward* where Dodo is held?
(a) 4400.
(b) 3000.
(c) 1600.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is rumored to have apprehended Dodo?

2. What does Fatty claim the people of Hemlock Row eat?

3. As what does Pia characterize Doc?

4. How much moonshine does Fatty bring back from his cousin Gene?

5. How does the text gloss the term “Birkhot Hashachar”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Fatty worried about Big Soap’s mother arriving in anger at his establishment?

2. How does Fatty typify the Lowgods?

3. What is the tension surrounding the Afro-Cubans, and how is it resolved?

4. Why does Monkey Pants’s marble inspire hope in Dodo?

5. What injuries did Dodo sustain in being apprehended?

6. How does Moshe pack the pants he returns to Malachi?

7. Why does Gus dislike Doc?

8. Why are members of a Jewish group in the novel called meat slabs?

9. Why does Dodo assume Chona, Nate, and Addie are angry with him?

10. What ideas does Fatty consider and reject for getting Nate out of his establishment?

(see the answer keys)

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