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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jody deal with his aging?
(a) He hides in the back of the store so people won't see him.
(b) He runs around with young girls.
(c) He berates Janie for her aging to make himself feel better.
(d) He gets plastic surgery.

2. What does Jody do when Janie burns his breakfast.
(a) He kicks her out of the house.
(b) He slaps her face.
(c) He throws the food out the window.
(d) He tells her it's okay.

3. Why does the house have no roof?
(a) Janie has moved into a shack by the water with no roof.
(b) Joe is too poor to fix the hole in the roof.
(c) A tornado has hit Pheoby's house.
(d) Death needs no protection from the winds.

4. Why do the other black children pick on Janie all the time?
(a) Janie's clothes are better than the other kids' clothes.
(b) Janie gets better grades than them.
(c) Janie makes fun of the other girls.
(d) Janie talks differently than the other kids.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the money Janie has hidden in her dress?

2. How does Hezekiah behave in the store?

3. What object in nature is symbolic of Janie's sexual awakening?

4. How do the townspeople react to the scene between Jody and Janie in the store?

5. What is the cause of Joe's illness.

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