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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following institutions does Pottstown boast?

2. Which church does Paper attend?

3. What instrument did Chulo Davis play?

4. How much did Moshe borrow from Isaac to fund a show?

5. On which street was a skeleton uncovered along with red fibers, a belt buckle, and a pendant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Moshe note not liking challah?

5. What rumor surrounds Norman Skrupskelis?

6. What occasions Dodo’s deafness?

7. Why is Paper thought to be illiterate?

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

9. Why does Paper not work as a maid?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming that The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What character is the protagonist of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store? How does the novel support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

To what genre other than historical fiction might The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

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