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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 is another name for Ethiopia in Chapter 10?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Burma.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Abyssinia.

2. Why do Zeddy's friends laugh at him when he visits them?
(a) Because he can never win card games.
(b) He wears clothes that Susy lays out for him.
(c) He is under Susy's control.
(d) Because of the way he dances.

3. What is Billy Biasse's nickname?
(a) Billy Blue.
(b) Billy the Wolf.
(c) Blubbering Billy.
(d) Billy the Kid.

4. At what age did Susy's husband leave her?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Forty.
(d) Eighteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many teeth is Miss Curdy missing?

2. Who has a thing going with Strawberry Lips in Chapter 7?

3. What is a fourth waiter called, according to Chapter 10?

4. From where does Jake know Zeddy Plummer?

5. Who gets Jake another job in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What events prompt Jake to desert the Army?

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

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

6. How does the resentment between the chef and the fourth waiter begin?

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

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

9. Explain the Baltimore affair.

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

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