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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Jake win gambling with a waiter's money in Chapter 10?

2. What organization do the white men at the buffet flat belong to?

3. How many teeth is Miss Curdy missing?

4. Who runs the hot, new cabaret in Harlem?

5. Who is the author of Home to Harlem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Zeddy get Jake? What does Jake find out about this job?

2. What is the financial arrangement between Jake and the brown woman in Chapter 2? What does Jake later find in his pocket?

3. What happens between Rose and her pretty boy at the club in Harlem in Chapter 7?

4. Who dances with whom to the blues record at the buffet flat? What does Jake do?

5. Explain the class clash between Jake and the Haitian waiter.

6. How does the resentment between the chef and the fourth waiter begin?

7. Describe Ginhead Susy. What is her relationship status?

8. Why does Jake decide he needs to return to Harlem in the United States?

9. What happens between Nije and Zeddy at the buffet flat where Jake gambles?

10. What does Zeddy announce when he returns to Harlem? What does he say about Susy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the title "Home to Harlem." What is the role of Harlem in the story? How does Jake feel about it as his home?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between men and women in Harlem, focusing on how women are treated in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast cabarets with buffet flats.

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