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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 where is Nate said to have come?

2. Which of the following does Fatty have in his jukebox?

3. How does the novel gloss the term “chevry”?

4. How many families attend the house of worship Moshe does when Chona is hospitalized?

5. At what time are the inhabitants of the ward where Dodo is held roused for the day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What injuries did Dodo sustain in being apprehended?

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

3. Why does Dodo assign Monkey Pants his sobriquet?

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

5. How does Dodo’s deafness help him communicate with Monkey Pants?

6. Why does Gus dislike Doc?

7. Why did Moshe book the Afro-Cubans at his theatre?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel muses at some length about the nature of America. What, ultimately, is its vision of what it means to be an American? How does it present that vision?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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