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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Zeddy challenged?
(a) His foot is stepped on.
(b) He is punched in the arm.
(c) He is called an offensive name.
(d) He is slapped.

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

3. How does Jake spend his free time in Chapter 5?
(a) Reading.
(b) Singing.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Dancing.

4. Where does Jake put his suitcase for safe-keeping when he returns to Harlem?
(a) Behind a bar in a saloon.
(b) In his hotel room.
(c) He keeps it with him.
(d) In a locker at the train station.

5. Where does Zeddy go during the daytime in Chapter 7?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Harlem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nije make money, according to Chapter 5?

2. What does Jake learn about his new job in Chapter 5?

3. What is Zeddy's role at Susy's parties?

4. On what night of the week does Jake go to Susy's in Chapter 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jake's life like in Chapter 5?

2. Explain the class clash between Jake and the Haitian waiter.

3. How does Jake know Zeddy? What do they discuss?

4. Who dances with whom to the blues record at the buffet flat? What does Jake do?

5. What happens while Jake is at the Baltimore in Chapter 4?

6. What does Zeddy announce when he returns to Harlem? What does he say about Susy?

7. What events prompt Jake to desert the Army?

8. What are the three cabarets mentioned in Chapter 4? What is said about them?

9. What role does Zeddy play at Susy's parties? How do his friends react to this?

10. Who is Rose? How does she meet Jake?

(see the answer keys)

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