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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 causes a near fight between Madame Laura and Congo Rose?
(a) Zeddy.
(b) Miss Curdy.
(c) Ray.
(d) Jake.

2. What season is it at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

3. What does the chef call Ray?
(a) The Pretend Scholar.
(b) The Professor.
(c) The Drugged Waiter.
(d) The Black Bear.

4. What is the chef's punishment for assaulting the pantryman?
(a) He is docked pay to replace the eggs.
(b) He is suspended for a week.
(c) He is fired.
(d) He is demoted to second cook.

5. What ethnicity is the police officer who raids the party in Chapter 13?
(a) Irish.
(b) American.
(c) African.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jake arrange to take Ray at the end of Chapter 11?

2. Why is Ray agitated in Chapter 15?

3. Who brings a letter to Jake in Chapter 16?

4. Where is the party in Chapter 13?

5. What establishment is under Ma Lawton's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What story does Felice tell about two women in a building courtyard? What significance does the story have to Jake?

4. Describe the chef's personality.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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