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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 had been the occupation of Miggy’s husband?

2. Who leads the Afro-Cubans Moshe booked at his theatre?

3. How many shifts of attendants are on the ward where Dodo is held?

4. For what instrument did Antes write?

5. In what country does Malachi come to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fatty absent himself from Chona’s funeral?

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

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

4. Why does Gus dislike Doc?

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

6. Why does Doc dislike Gus?

7. What injuries did Dodo sustain in being apprehended?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What character is the protagonist of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store? How does the novel support such an assertion?

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

Assuming that The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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