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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 agree to pay for companionship in Chapter 2?

2. What is another name for Ethiopia in Chapter 10?

3. What does the man that Miss Curdy is first attracted to think of her in Chapter 6?

4. What does a yellow-skinned lover steal from Susy when he leaves her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Rose's history with black men?

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

4. Explain Jake's job on the railroad.

5. How does Jake feel about Rose having an affair with a white man?

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

7. What is the racial atmosphere aboard Jake's ship?

8. Who is Nije? How does Nije get money?

9. What events prompt Jake to desert the Army?

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

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

Define symbolism, and explain the use of spring as a symbol in Chapter 19.

Essay Topic 3

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

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