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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Jake and Zeddy go to eat after leaving the saloon?
(a) Granny's.
(b) Aunt Hattie's.
(c) Ma Richards'.
(d) Carolyn's.

2. How is Zeddy challenged?
(a) He is slapped.
(b) His foot is stepped on.
(c) He is punched in the arm.
(d) He is called an offensive name.

3. What does the man that Miss Curdy is first attracted to think of her in Chapter 6?
(a) He thinks she is stupid.
(b) He thinks she is old.
(c) He thinks she is ugly.
(d) He thinks she is too prideful.

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

5. What college did the waiter attend in Chapter 10?
(a) Ohio State University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Jake enlist in the military?

3. Who takes Jake and Zeddy to Susy's place?

4. What is Jake tired of in Chapter 10?

5. In what language is the book Jake finds a waiter reading in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What revelation does Jake have about blacks while speaking with the Haitian waiter?

2. What is the financial arrangement between Jake and the brown woman in Chapter 2? What does Jake later find in his pocket?

3. What is the racial atmosphere aboard Jake's ship?

4. What are the three cabarets mentioned in Chapter 4? What is said about them?

5. What happens while Jake is at the Baltimore in Chapter 4?

6. What does Zeddy announce when he returns to Harlem? What does he say about Susy?

7. Describe Lavinia Curdy. What is her relationship with Susy?

8. What job does Zeddy get Jake? What does Jake find out about this job?

9. What happens between Nije and Zeddy at the buffet flat where Jake gambles?

10. What role does Zeddy play at Susy's parties? How do his friends react to this?

(see the answer keys)

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