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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. How does Jake spend his free time in Chapter 5?
(a) Reading.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Gambling.

2. Where is Jake's new job in Chapter 5?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) A dock.
(c) Queens.
(d) Manhattan.

3. What two dishes does Zeddy say Miss Curdy cooks well?
(a) Pork chops and meatloaf.
(b) Meatloaf and chicken pot pie.
(c) Pork chops and fried chicken.
(d) Meatloaf and fried chicken.

4. Who gets Jake another job in Chapter 5?
(a) Zeddy.
(b) Nije.
(c) Rose.
(d) The lovely brown woman.

5. How much does Jake agree to pay for companionship in Chapter 2?
(a) $100.
(b) $75.
(c) $50.
(d) $25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Jake go back to the lovely brown woman?

2. Where did Jake go before returning home?

3. Who is drawn to Jake at the Baltimore as he is looking for his lovely brown woman?

4. What usually happened to Rose when her men found out about her other lovers?

5. Who runs the hot, new cabaret in Harlem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the relationship between Jake and Rose end?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Jake decide he needs to return to Harlem in the United States?

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

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