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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 is the waiter's name?

2. What does the pantryman take from the chef when he's not looking?

3. What notifies people the police are raiding the party in Chapter 13?

4. Who moves to New York in Chapter 17?

5. What does Billy say is a mistake for Jake to not have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jake see Pittsburgh? What leads him to this conclusion?

2. How does the pantryman get his revenge against the chef?

3. What story does Felice tell about two women in a building courtyard? What significance does the story have to Jake?

4. What does Ray think of the house on Fifteenth Street in Chapter 13?

5. How does Madame Laura end up in a fight with Rose?

6. Who does Ma Lawton give her room to in Chapter 17? What is their relationship?

7. How does the white steward become involved in the conflict with the chef?

8. Where is Jake's mind at the beginning of Chapter 19? Why?

9. Describe Ray's dream after eating the opium. What happens to him the next day?

10. Why is Madame Laura's not shut down when the policeman arrives? What happens instead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Ray and Jake. What kind of relationship do they have?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the night life of Harlem in the story. How do people spend their free time?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the common living situations of Jake and Ray in the story. Are these living situations still common today? Why or why not?

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