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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?
(a) The neighbors are building a barn.
(b) The neighbors are all asleep.
(c) The neighbors are hiding inside Janie's house to throw her a surprise party.
(d) The neighbors are gathered on Pheoby's front porch to gossip.

2. What does Nanny call the "very prong all us black women gits hung on"?
(a) Love.
(b) Family.
(c) Safety.
(d) Money.

3. When does Janie realize she is not white?
(a) When she sees a picture of herself with the white children.
(b) When the kids at school tease her.
(c) When her grandmother tells her.
(d) When she looks in the mirror.

4. What is Janie doing when Pheoby comes to see her?
(a) Writing a letter.
(b) Making dinner.
(c) Washing her dress.
(d) Soaking and washing her feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie find unattractive about her husband in Chapter 3?

2. The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's _________ on board." (Fill in the blank)

3. Where does Janie get married?

4. What does Nanny do to avoid being whipped by the plantation Mistress?

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

(see the answer key)

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