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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. In which of the following did Moshe advertise?

2. For which of the following did Fatty and Big Soap work?

3. How much did Moshe borrow from Isaac to fund a show?

4. On what day of the week does Moshe have his vision of Moses?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Chona have standing among the local Jewish community?

3. Why, per Moshe, is marriage complicated for new Jewish immigrants to America?

4. What rumor surrounds Norman Skrupskelis?

5. In the novel, what is the story of Moses and the burning coals?

6. How does Malachi respond to the assertion that a mezuzah belongs on a door?

7. What does Nate use as a euphemism for his sister-in-law’s death?

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

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

10. Why does the local Black community esteem Chona?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, combined in the novel with its dedication, do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Much is made in the novel of the difference between the rural and the urban. Does the novel privilege one over the other? If so, how and to what effect? If not, how not and to what effect?

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