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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. Where does Jake see the waiter he spoke with in Chapter 11?

2. What does the chef call Ray?

3. What wine does Ray buy for a young woman and her friend?

4. What does Ms. Rosalind Whicher wear often?

5. Who defends Yaller?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ray think of the house on Fifteenth Street in Chapter 13?

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

5. Why is Madame Laura's not shut down when the policeman arrives? What happens instead?

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

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

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

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

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 speakeasy, why they exist in Home to Harlem, and how they affect the events of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast cabarets with buffet flats.

Essay Topic 3

Explain unions and strikes, particularly as they apply to Jake's life in the story.

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