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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. Why is Jake restricted from drinking alcohol in Chapter 14?

2. Where is the party in Chapter 13?

3. What type of suit does Jake go out in the day after Yaller's fight?

4. Who is Ray's landlady in Chapter 17?

5. Why is Ray agitated in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the targeting of the chef begin in Chapter 12?

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

3. What does Ray tell James is part of the problem at the end of Chapter 16?

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

5. Who is the brown woman trying to avoid in Chapter 20? Why?

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

7. What is Yaller's job? Who defends him? What does he say?

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

9. What is Ray's state of mind in Chapter 15? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of World War I in the events 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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