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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 friend does Ray bring to visit Jake?

3. What is the chef's punishment for assaulting the pantryman?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Jake get to sleep after returning from the all-night bar? What does Ray do when still he can't sleep?

6. How does the pantryman get his revenge against the chef?

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

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

9. What explanation does the brown woman give when she says she is not a prostitute?

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

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 Ray and Jake. What kind of relationship do they have?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast cabarets with buffet flats.

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