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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. Why can't Jake go back to the lovely brown woman?

2. Who does the judge wish he could have whipped in Chapter 8?

3. What is the hot, new cabaret in Harlem, according to Chapter 4?

4. What is another name for Ethiopia in Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jake feel about Rose having an affair with a white man?

2. What does Miss Curdy think of Jake? How does he react?

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

4. What happens between Nije and Zeddy at the buffet flat where Jake gambles?

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

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

7. What job does Zeddy get Jake? What does Jake find out about this job?

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

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

10. Describe Lavinia Curdy. What is her relationship with Susy?

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 blacks and Irish in Home to Harlem, focusing on how they are treated by whites.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the effect of prostitution on the characters and story of Home to Harlem.

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