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

2. What book does Jake find a waiter reading in Chapter 10?

3. Who challenges Zeddy?

4. In what branch of the military did Jake serve?

5. Whose saloon does Jake wander into in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jake decide he needs to return to Harlem in the United States?

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

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

5. What is the racial atmosphere aboard Jake's ship?

6. What events prompt Jake to desert the Army?

7. How does the relationship between Jake and Rose end?

8. How does the relationship between Zeddy and Susy end?

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

10. What is Rose's history with black men?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of the different settings in Home to Harlem. How is setting important to the story? How is setting important to Jake?

Essay Topic 2

Identify and define the elements of a story arc. What events in Home to Harlem correspond with each of these elements?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of music in the story.

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