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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the family Nanny works for?
(a) Washburn.
(b) Smith.
(c) Little.
(d) Crawford.

2. Where is everyone headed in Chapter 10?
(a) To Orlando for the season.
(b) To church.
(c) To a ball game in Winter Park.
(d) To a barbecue in Janie's honor.

3. Why does Joe get mad at Janie in Chapter 6?
(a) She has an affair with another man.
(b) She yells at him on the porch.
(c) He cannot find a bill of lading in the store.
(d) She wears lipstick to church.

4. Besides Janie's wedding, what other major event occurs in Chapter 3?
(a) Nanny dies.
(b) Janie has a baby.
(c) Logan dies.
(d) Janie divorces Logan.

5. What do the other children tease Janie about?
(a) The way Janie's grandmother talks.
(b) The hound dogs chasing Janie's father.
(c) Janie's good grades in school.
(d) Janie's poor family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe build in Chapter 5?

2. What does Joe ask Janie to do?

3. What does Nanny call the "very prong all us black women gits hung on"?

4. How do the men in town feel about Jody toward the end of Chapter 5?

5. What does Hurston compare Janie's funeral veil to?

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