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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 interest rate is Gus promised?

2. What instrument does Miggy Fludd use for her truthsaying?

3. Who runs Lionel Hampton’s band?

4. At what time are the inhabitants of the ward where Dodo is held put to bed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What ideas does Fatty consider and reject for getting Nate out of his establishment?

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

3. For what is the site of the local Memorial Day festivities usually used?

4. What injuries did Dodo sustain in being apprehended?

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

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

7. Why does Gus dislike Doc?

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

9. What understanding of those institutionalized does Miggy report?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store bear as much out?

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