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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who challenges Zeddy?
(a) Nije.
(b) Rose.
(c) The lovely brown woman.
(d) Jake.

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

4. What does Jake's boss in Chapter 10 liken men to?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Rhinoceros.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Baby birds.

5. Where is Jake's new job in Chapter 5?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Queens.
(c) A dock.
(d) Wall Street.

6. Whose saloon does Jake wander into in Chapter 3?
(a) Red Green's.
(b) Miss Kitty's.
(c) Uncle Doc's.
(d) Bill Bailey's.

7. What queen was the lover of King Solomon, according to Chapter 10?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Esther.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) The Queen of Sheba.

8. Who has a thing going with Strawberry Lips in Chapter 7?
(a) Miss Curdy.
(b) Susy.
(c) The lovely brown woman.
(d) Rose.

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

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

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

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

13. On what night of the week does Jake go to Susy's in Chapter 7?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

14. What causes a cabaret singer to be fired at the Baltimore?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Flirting too much with Jake.
(c) Refusing to sing certain songs.
(d) Fighting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a yellow-skinned lover steal from Susy when he leaves her?

2. What does Susy serve with stewed corn when Jake goes to her place in Chapter 7?

3. Whose buffet flat is Jake invited to in Chapter 8?

4. Who sometimes lends Jake money since he refuses to borrow from the person he lives with?

5. What is the hot, new cabaret in Harlem, according to Chapter 4?

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