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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 does the brown woman tell Jake she is NOT?
(a) Divorced.
(b) In love with him.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) Friends with Miss Curdy.

2. Who moves to New York in Chapter 17?
(a) Madame Laura.
(b) Jake.
(c) Ray.
(d) Zeddy.

3. What woman is friends with Jake at the party in Chapter 13?
(a) Miss Curdy.
(b) Madame Laura.
(c) Aunt Hattie.
(d) The lovely brown woman.

4. Where does Jake walk to at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Queens.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) The Empire State Building.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the brown woman want to avoid?

2. What is the waiter's name?

3. What does Ray dream he is after his night out with Jake?

4. Who do Jake and Billy run into in Chapter 19?

5. What do the two women who fight for a man do before the police arrive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What threat is made to Ma Lawton in Chapter 17? Why?

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

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

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

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

8. How do Yaller and Obadiah end up in a fight?

9. What happens when Rosalind gets sick?

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

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