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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 is Jake resting from his illness in Chapter 16?

2. What woman is friends with Jake at the party in Chapter 13?

3. Where does Chapter 13 take place?

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

5. What type of suit does Jake prefer to the one he's wearing the day after Yaller's fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What threat is made to Ma Lawton in Chapter 17? Why?

2. What does Ray think of the house on Fifteenth Street in Chapter 13?

3. Why is Madame Laura's not shut down when the policeman arrives? What happens instead?

4. How does the white steward become involved in the conflict with the chef?

5. What do Jake and Felice do for the first week they are together?

6. What story does Felice tell about two women in a building courtyard? What significance does the story have to Jake?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between men and women in Harlem, focusing on how women are treated in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of food and drink in the story.

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