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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bernice’s vocal range?
(a) Alto.
(b) Tenor.
(c) Contralto.
(d) Soprano.

2. From which of the following does Malachi write Moshe?
(a) Des Moines.
(b) Tama.
(c) Ottumwa.
(d) Marshalltown.

3. Which Psalm does Malachi quote to Moshe?
(a) 150.
(b) 24.
(c) 23.
(d) 121.

4. What meaning is ascribed to the nickname Chona has among the local Jewish community?
(a) The sick one.
(b) The ugly one.
(c) The wise one.
(d) The pretty one.

5. Which of the following performed at Moshe’s theatre?
(a) Bing Crosby.
(b) Chick Webb.
(c) Duke Ellington.
(d) Gene Krupa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the text gloss the nickname given the rabbi who succeeds Chona’s father?

2. From whom did Malachi buy a bakery?

3. What job does Malachi note having had?

4. What nickname is given to the rabbi who succeeds Chona’s father?

5. From whom does Paper get news about Fatty and Big Soap’s job loss?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Moshe note not liking challah?

2. Why does Anna Morse leave the theatre business?

3. How do the people of Chicken Hill regard the devastation of Hurricane Agnes?

4. What event precipitates Bernice leaving school?

5. For what does Moshe take Malachi when the latter first arrives at the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store?

6. What occasions Dodo’s deafness?

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

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

9. How does Isaac stereotype Bulgarians?

10. Why does Paper not work as a maid?

(see the answer keys)

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