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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men in town feel about Jody toward the end of Chapter 5?
(a) They are mad at him for building the store.
(b) They are resentful of the way he exercises his power like a white man.
(c) They are grateful for his generousity.
(d) They look up to him like a god.

2. What makes the Mistress suspect that Nanny's newborn baby is part white?
(a) The baby's fair skin.
(b) The baby is always hidden .
(c) The baby's gray eyes and yellow hair.
(d) The plantation Master sends the baby away.

3. What actually kills Joe?
(a) A shot fired through the window.
(b) He drinks poison.
(c) Janie suffocates him.
(d) The last effort to lash out at Janie.

4. Who is elected mayor of Eatonville?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Joe.
(c) Janie.
(d) Matt.

5. What does Joe's death mean to Janie?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Grief.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie learn to do in Chapter 10?

2. Who helps Janie in the store after Joe is dead?

3. What does Joe make Janie do (out of jealousy)?

4. What does Janie do instead of finishing breakfast?

5. What is a "pound of knuckle pudding"?

(see the answer key)

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