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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. From what country is Moshe descended?

2. What game does Chona teach Bernice?

3. At what time does Malachi call on Moshe?

4. The dedication of the novel notes which of the following?

5. Which of the following groups does Moshe try to appease via theatre bookings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What story about his family does Moshe tell to keep his audience amused as they await a show?

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

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

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

7. What event precipitates Bernice leaving school?

8. What occasions Dodo’s deafness?

9. Why is Paper thought to be illiterate?

10. How does Isaac stereotype Bulgarians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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