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

2. What is Jake's favorite cabaret?
(a) Goldgraber's.
(b) The Baltimore.
(c) The Congo.
(d) The Cotton Club.

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

4. What connection do the three young white men at the buffet flat have with the Baltimore?
(a) They know the owner.
(b) They helped pay for it to be remodeled.
(c) They kept it open when the police raided it.
(d) They performed there many times.

5. Who is missing from his normal hangouts in Harlem at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Strawberry Lips.
(b) Nije.
(c) Jake.
(d) Zeddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jake learn about his new job in Chapter 5?

2. What is another name for Ethiopia in Chapter 10?

3. Who does Jake live with in Chapter 5?

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

5. Where does Zeddy go during the daytime in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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