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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 tell Jake she is NOT?

2. What does Jake smoke with a light-yellow man in the backroom of a bar?

3. What does Billy say is a mistake for Jake to not have?

4. In Chapter 16, Ray points out that part of the problem is the false ideals of _____.

5. What does Ms. Rosalind Whicher wear often?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the chef's personality.

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

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

5. How do Yaller and Obadiah end up in a fight?

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

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

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

9. Why does Ray feel angst at the end of Chapter 18?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of music in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast cabarets with buffet flats.

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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