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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. Who prides himself on being mean in Chapter 12?
(a) The chef.
(b) Ray.
(c) Jake.
(d) Zeddy.

2. What wine does Ray buy for a young woman and her friend?
(a) Virginia Dare.
(b) Sweet Adeline.
(c) Boone's Farm.
(d) Yellowtail.

3. At what time does Jake return to his quarters after going to the show?
(a) Three in the morning.
(b) After midnight.
(c) Ten-thirty.
(d) Just before sunrise.

4. Who writes to Jake in Chapter 16?
(a) Madame Laura.
(b) Miss Curdy.
(c) Rose.
(d) The lovely brown woman.

5. What does Jake smoke with a light-yellow man in the backroom of a bar?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Opium.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Hemp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the brown woman tell Jake she is NOT?

2. Who is the brown woman afraid will fight Jake in Chapter 20?

3. What does Billy think Yaller should have had on him in Chapter 19?

4. Who is going to take his girlfriend to a show in Chapter 11?

5. What is the chef's punishment for assaulting the pantryman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the restriction placed on Jake in Chapter 14? Why?

2. How does Madame Laura end up in a fight with Rose?

3. How does Jake see Pittsburgh? What leads him to this conclusion?

4. What happens to Jake when he has a few drinks with Billy? What does Billy do when this happens?

5. Why is Madame Laura's not shut down when the policeman arrives? What happens instead?

6. Where is Jake's mind at the beginning of Chapter 19? Why?

7. What is Ray's state of mind in Chapter 15? Why?

8. What does Ray think of the house on Fifteenth Street in Chapter 13?

9. How does the pantryman get his revenge against the chef?

10. Who is the brown woman trying to avoid in Chapter 20? Why?

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