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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cabaret is shut down at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) The Cotton Club.
(b) The Apollo.
(c) The Baltimore.
(d) The Congo.

2. Who has a thing going with Strawberry Lips in Chapter 7?
(a) The lovely brown woman.
(b) Rose.
(c) Miss Curdy.
(d) Susy.

3. What is Billy Biasse's nickname?
(a) Billy the Kid.
(b) Billy Blue.
(c) Blubbering Billy.
(d) Billy the Wolf.

4. What happens to Susy under the influence of a new friend?
(a) She tries to find an older man to take care of her.
(b) She becomes more ingrained in what she believes.
(c) She gives up on men.
(d) She changes.

5. Why do Zeddy's friends laugh at him when he visits them?
(a) He wears clothes that Susy lays out for him.
(b) Because of the way he dances.
(c) Because he can never win card games.
(d) He is under Susy's control.

6. At what age did Susy's husband leave her?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Eighteen.

7. What new friend influences Susy?
(a) Miss Curdy.
(b) Rose.
(c) The lovely brown woman.
(d) Zeddy's sister.

8. Where does Jake go after leaving the Baltimore at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Goldgraber's.
(b) The Congo.
(c) The lovely brown woman's home.
(d) The Cotton Club.

9. What usually happened to Rose when her men found out about her other lovers?
(a) They tried to kill her lovers.
(b) They cried and begged her to be faithful.
(c) They beat her.
(d) They robbed and left her.

10. What job does Jake have in Chapter 5?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Longshoreman.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Dining car worker.

11. What new job does Jake get in Chapter 5?
(a) Unloading fish.
(b) Delivering newspapers.
(c) Unloading fruit.
(d) Delivering bread to shops.

12. Who does the judge wish he could have whipped in Chapter 8?
(a) Jake.
(b) Madame Suarez.
(c) Zeddy.
(d) The white women at the buffet flat.

13. Who sometimes lends Jake money since he refuses to borrow from the person he lives with?
(a) Rose.
(b) The lovely brown woman.
(c) Nije.
(d) Zeddy.

14. What book does Jake find a waiter reading in Chapter 10?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Sappho.

15. What does Jake do in Chapter 9 that excites Rose?
(a) He writes a song for her.
(b) He slaps her.
(c) He defends her honor.
(d) He gives her his gambling winnings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susy threaten two men with who get in a fight over a betting pot?

2. In what language is the book Jake finds a waiter reading in Chapter 10?

3. Where is Jake's new job in Chapter 5?

4. What type of music does a white man play at the buffet flat in Chapter 8?

5. What connection do the three young white men at the buffet flat have with the Baltimore?

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