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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of music does a white man play at the buffet flat in Chapter 8?
(a) Blues.
(b) Traditional African music.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Rock 'n' roll.

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

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

4. How long does Jake keep his new job in Chapter 5?
(a) Two months.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) Six weeks.

5. Whose party is Zeddy invited to in Chapter 6?
(a) Miss Curdy's.
(b) Strawberry Lips's.
(c) Ginhead Susy's.
(d) Rose's.

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

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

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

9. Where in France does Jake go?
(a) Reims.
(b) Brest.
(c) Paris.
(d) Marseilles.

10. What does Susy threaten two men with who get in a fight over a betting pot?
(a) Her bodyguard.
(b) Her big dog.
(c) A heavy frying pan.
(d) A shotgun.

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

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

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

14. What is Miss Curdy's first name?
(a) Hattie.
(b) Bitty.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Zora.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Billy Biasse's nickname?

3. Who is somewhat involved in the Baltimore affair?

4. Who does the judge wish he could have whipped in Chapter 8?

5. What was Jake's job before enlisting in the military?

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