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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVII and XVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ethnicity is the police officer who raids the party in Chapter 13?
(a) Irish.
(b) American.
(c) German.
(d) African.

2. What job does Jake have in Chapter 5?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Dining car worker.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Longshoreman.

3. What town does Jake see as a smoky, industrial town?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

4. Why do Zeddy's friends laugh at him when he visits them?
(a) Because he can never win card games.
(b) He wears clothes that Susy lays out for him.
(c) Because of the way he dances.
(d) He is under Susy's control.

5. Who is the author of Home to Harlem?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) Jean Toomer.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) Claude McKay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man that Miss Curdy is first attracted to think of her in Chapter 6?

2. What is Miss Curdy's first name?

3. In addition to smoking, what does Jake know will help him sleep?

4. What do the two elevator men threaten to Ma Lawton because of Jerco and Ms. Rosalind?

5. On what night of the week does Jake go to Susy's in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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