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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Jake agree to pay for companionship in Chapter 2?
(a) $50.
(b) $75.
(c) $25.
(d) $100.

2. What is Jake tired of in Chapter 10?
(a) America.
(b) Rose.
(c) Zeddy.
(d) Harlem.

3. Who does Zeddy move in with in Chapter 7?
(a) The lovely brown woman.
(b) Rose.
(c) Susy.
(d) Miss Curdy.

4. Where does Jake put his suitcase for safe-keeping when he returns to Harlem?
(a) He keeps it with him.
(b) In his hotel room.
(c) In a locker at the train station.
(d) Behind a bar in a saloon.

5. From where is the waiter that Jake finds reading in Chapter 10?
(a) France.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Chile.
(d) Haiti.

6. Who is sent to prison in Chapter 8?
(a) Madame Suarez.
(b) Rose.
(c) The lovely brown woman.
(d) Jake.

7. What is a fourth waiter called, according to Chapter 10?
(a) Camel.
(b) Mule.
(c) Horse.
(d) Gazelle.

8. Where does Jake take a new job in Chapter 10?
(a) An office building.
(b) A railroad.
(c) A harbor.
(d) A construction site.

9. What is Jake's new title in Chapter 10?
(a) Janitor.
(b) Assistant to the Regional Manager.
(c) Third cook.
(d) Longshoreman.

10. What is Jake's favorite cabaret?
(a) The Congo.
(b) The Baltimore.
(c) The Cotton Club.
(d) Goldgraber's.

11. How many teeth is Miss Curdy missing?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) All of them.
(d) Two.

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

13. Who is Miss Curdy first attracted to at Susy's place?
(a) Strawberry Lips.
(b) Jake.
(c) Zeddy.
(d) Nije.

14. At what age did Susy's husband leave her?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

15. In what language is the book Jake finds a waiter reading in Chapter 10?
(a) Old English.
(b) Latin.
(c) Greek.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Jake know Zeddy Plummer?

2. What queen was the lover of King Solomon, according to Chapter 10?

3. What is Zeddy's role at Susy's parties?

4. Why can't Jake go back to the lovely brown woman?

5. Whose party is Zeddy invited to in Chapter 6?

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