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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. What does a yellow-skinned lover steal from Susy when he leaves her?
(a) Her gin.
(b) Her poker chips.
(c) Her savings.
(d) Her oven range.

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

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

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

5. Whose buffet flat is Jake invited to in Chapter 8?
(a) Aunt Hattie's.
(b) Miss Curdy's.
(c) Madame Adeline Suarez's.
(d) Rose's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose party is Zeddy invited to in Chapter 6?

2. How does Jake spend his free time in Chapter 5?

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

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

5. What does Susy threaten two men with who get in a fight over a betting pot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain the class clash between Jake and the Haitian waiter.

5. Who dances with whom to the blues record at the buffet flat? What does Jake do?

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

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

8. Who is Rose? How does she meet Jake?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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