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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VIII and IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Jake go back to the lovely brown woman?
(a) She is married.
(b) He can't remember what street she lived on.
(c) She made him promise never to return.
(d) Zeddy warned him not to.

2. What two dishes does Zeddy say Miss Curdy cooks well?
(a) Pork chops and fried chicken.
(b) Meatloaf and chicken pot pie.
(c) Pork chops and meatloaf.
(d) Meatloaf and fried chicken.

3. Who takes Jake and Zeddy to Susy's place?
(a) The lovely brown woman.
(b) Rose.
(c) Strawberry Lips.
(d) Miss Curdy.

4. When did Jake enlist in the military?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1917.

5. From where does Jake know Zeddy Plummer?
(a) The military.
(b) Grade school.
(c) Zeddy is dating Jake's sister.
(d) They met coming home from France.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Susy's husband leave her?

2. Who is missing from his normal hangouts in Harlem at the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. Where does Jake put his suitcase for safe-keeping when he returns to Harlem?

4. Who is the author of Home to Harlem?

5. What connection do the three young white men at the buffet flat have with the Baltimore?

(see the answer key)

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