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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. From where does Jake know Zeddy Plummer?

2. Who gets Jake another job in Chapter 5?

3. Who does Zeddy move in with in Chapter 7?

4. What does Jake's boss in Chapter 10 liken men to?

5. Who does the judge wish he could have whipped in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events prompt Jake to desert the Army?

2. How does the relationship between Jake and Rose end?

3. How does Jake know Zeddy? What do they discuss?

4. What happens while Jake is at the Baltimore in Chapter 4?

5. How does the relationship between Zeddy and Susy end?

6. What are the three cabarets mentioned in Chapter 4? What is said about them?

7. Describe Lavinia Curdy. What is her relationship with Susy?

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

9. What does Miss Curdy think of Jake? How does he react?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the night life of Harlem in the story. How do people spend their free time?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the effect of prostitution on the characters and story of Home to Harlem.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the speakeasy, why they exist in Home to Harlem, and how they affect the events of the story.

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