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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 performed at Moshe’s theatre?

2. From whom did Malachi buy a bakery?

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

4. Which of the following nicknames does Rev. Spriggs have?

5. What instrument did Chulo Davis play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anna Morse leave the theatre business?

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

3. What rumor surrounds Norman Skrupskelis?

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

5. Why does the local Black community esteem Chona?

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

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

8. Why does Moshe note not liking challah?

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

To what other writer’s work in your experience does McBride’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

What attitude towards the supernatural does the novel betray? How does it convey that attitude?

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