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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 event led to Jake enlisting in the military?
(a) A judge told Jake he could serve in the military or go to jail.
(b) He was promised freedom if he served for four years.
(c) His brother was killed by a foreign soldier.
(d) War was declared against Germany.

2. Who does Jake live with in Chapter 5?
(a) Zeddy.
(b) Emily.
(c) Rose.
(d) Nije.

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

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

5. Who is somewhat involved in the Baltimore affair?
(a) Zeddy.
(b) Nije.
(c) Miss Curdy.
(d) Jake.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What connection do the three young white men at the buffet flat have with the Baltimore?

4. How does Nije make money, according to Chapter 5?

5. Where does Jake get a job after meeting the English soldier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Miss Curdy think of Jake? How does he react?

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

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

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

6. Explain Jake's job on the railroad.

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

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

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

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

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