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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization do the white men at the buffet flat belong to?
(a) The Masons.
(b) The St. Vincent de Paul Society.
(c) The U.S. Air Force.
(d) The Vice Squad.

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

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

4. Who does the judge wish he could have whipped in Chapter 8?
(a) Madame Suarez.
(b) Zeddy.
(c) Jake.
(d) The white women at the buffet flat.

5. Where does Jake go after leaving the Baltimore at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The Cotton Club.
(b) The Congo.
(c) Goldgraber's.
(d) The lovely brown woman's home.

6. What does Jake decide to do while on leave?
(a) Desert the Army.
(b) Become an English citizen.
(c) Re-enlist.
(d) Try to work up the ranks in the Army.

7. Why is it a surprise when the cabaret is shut down by police in Chapter 8?
(a) It was thought to be protected.
(b) The mayor of New York owned it.
(c) It was in a hidden location.
(d) It was a common police hangout.

8. How long is a character missing from his normal hangouts at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Three days.
(b) A week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Ten days.

9. Who runs the hot, new cabaret in Harlem?
(a) A Jewish man.
(b) Zeddy Plummer.
(c) The mayor of New York.
(d) A black woman.

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

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

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

13. How much does Jake win gambling with a waiter's money in Chapter 10?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Three dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

14. Who gets Jake another job in Chapter 5?
(a) Zeddy.
(b) Nije.
(c) Rose.
(d) The lovely brown woman.

15. What is Billy Biasse's nickname?
(a) Billy the Wolf.
(b) Billy the Kid.
(c) Billy Blue.
(d) Blubbering Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a cabaret singer to be fired at the Baltimore?

2. Who challenges Zeddy?

3. Who is sent to prison in Chapter 8?

4. Who is the author of Home to Harlem?

5. What happens to Susy under the influence of a new friend?

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