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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 notifies people the police are raiding the party in Chapter 13?
(a) A whistle.
(b) A siren.
(c) A code word.
(d) A scream.

2. Where do Jake and Ray decide to go when Ray can't sleep?
(a) For a walk along the lake.
(b) An all-night bar.
(c) A pool hall.
(d) The Cotton Club.

3. Where does Jake arrange to take Ray at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) New York City.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The train station.
(d) Eatonville, Florida.

4. Who resents the chef?
(a) The chef's boss.
(b) Ray.
(c) The customers.
(d) Jake.

5. What drink is served to Jake at the party in Chapter 13?
(a) Gin.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Moonshine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jake walk to at the beginning of Chapter 19?

2. What ethnicity is the police officer who raids the party in Chapter 13?

3. Where does the brown woman go with Jake?

4. What does the reader learn about the railroad men's quarters in Chapter 11?

5. Who moves to New York in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the targeting of the chef begin in Chapter 12?

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

3. What does Jake do in Chapter 11 before returning to his quarters?

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

5. What solution does Billy give Jake for self-protection in Harlem?

6. What does Ray tell James is part of the problem at the end of Chapter 16?

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

8. Describe the chef's personality.

9. What explanation does the brown woman give when she says she is not a prostitute?

10. What is Yaller's job? Who defends him? What does he say?

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