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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 does Zeddy go during the daytime in Chapter 7?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Queens.
(d) New Jersey.

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

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

4. On what instrument does one white man play music at the buffet flat in Chapter 8?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Piano.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Trumpet.

5. Who is jealous of Jake in Chapter 6?
(a) Rose.
(b) Miss Curdy.
(c) Nije.
(d) Zeddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is somewhat involved in the Baltimore affair?

2. How much does Jake agree to pay for companionship in Chapter 2?

3. Whose saloon does Jake wander into in Chapter 3?

4. What two dishes does Zeddy say Miss Curdy cooks well?

5. At what age did Susy's husband leave her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jake's life like in Chapter 5?

2. How does Jake know Zeddy? What do they discuss?

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

4. What events prompt Jake to desert the Army?

5. How does Jake feel about Rose having an affair with a white man?

6. Who is Nije? How does Nije get money?

7. How does the relationship between Zeddy and Susy end?

8. What is Rose's history with black men?

9. What happens between Rose and her pretty boy at the club in Harlem in Chapter 7?

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

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