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

2. Who has a thing going with Strawberry Lips in Chapter 7?

3. What does Susy threaten two men with who get in a fight over a betting pot?

4. Who sometimes lends Jake money since he refuses to borrow from the person he lives with?

5. How long is a character missing from his normal hangouts at the beginning of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What events prompt Jake to desert the Army?

3. Explain the Baltimore affair.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Haiti's fight for independence. What affect does this knowledge have on Jake in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast blacks and Irish in Home to Harlem, focusing on how they are treated by whites.

Essay Topic 3

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

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