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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. What is the secret ingredient in Pia’s pumpkin pie?

2. For how many years had Nate been in Pottstown?

3. In what hospital room is Chona lodged?

4. What kind of horse is offered to Gene?

5. At which plant did Big Soap take work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the dominant occupation of the women of Hemlock Row?

2. Why does Gus dislike Doc?

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

4. Why does Fatty turn to his cousin Gene for help with his dental needs?

5. What is the dominant occupation of the women of Chicken Hill?

6. Why does Doc dislike Gus?

7. When does Nate note having heard the South Carolina State marching band?

8. What understanding of those institutionalized does Miggy report?

9. How does Pia gather gossip to pass along to her friends?

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

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

McBride depicts Doc Roberts falling into line with a local hate group. What lesson might be taken away from the depiction? What in the text supports that lesson, and how does it do so?

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