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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) Ray.
(b) Jake.
(c) Zeddy.
(d) The chef.

2. How many cooks are sick when a character seeks revenge?
(a) All but two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

3. Who does Ray's landlady give her room to?
(a) Jerco and Rosalind.
(b) Jake and Rose.
(c) The lovely brown woman.
(d) Zeddy and Miss Curdy.

4. What does Ms. Rosalind Whicher wear often?
(a) A mink coat.
(b) A pearl necklace.
(c) Red shoes.
(d) A black hat.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the brown woman's name?

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

3. Who moves to New York in Chapter 17?

4. Who writes to Jake in Chapter 16?

5. What job does Ray sign up to do at the end of Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ray's dream after eating the opium. What happens to him the next day?

2. What do Jake and Felice do for the first week they are together?

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

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

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

6. How does the white steward become involved in the conflict with the chef?

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

8. How does Jake get to sleep after returning from the all-night bar? What does Ray do when still he can't sleep?

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

10. Describe the chef's personality.

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