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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 does the brown woman say she forgot when she is with Jake?

2. What ethnicity is the police officer who raids the party in Chapter 13?

3. Who wants Jake to move to a different building?

4. What personality trait is the chef known for having?

5. Who is the brown woman afraid will fight Jake in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Ma Lawton give her room to in Chapter 17? What is their relationship?

3. How does Madame Laura end up in a fight with Rose?

4. How is Jake reunited with the brown woman? How does she react to the reunion?

5. What does Jake do in Chapter 11 before returning to his quarters?

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

7. How does Jake see Pittsburgh? What leads him to this conclusion?

8. What story does Felice tell about two women in a building courtyard? What significance does the story have to Jake?

9. How does the white steward become involved in the conflict with the chef?

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

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

Compare and contrast cabarets with buffet flats.

Essay Topic 3

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

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