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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Janie marry in Chapter 3?
(a) Hezekia.
(b) Logan Killicks.
(c) Tea Cake.
(d) Joe Brown.

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

3. Who is Janie's best friend?
(a) Lulu.
(b) Annie.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Pheoby.

4. How did Janie's mother become pregnant with Janie?
(a) She was raped by the school teacher.
(b) She spent the night with a white man.
(c) She married a soldier.
(d) Nanny sells her to a white man.

5. The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's _________ on board." (Fill in the blank)
(a) Wish.
(b) Cargo.
(c) Wife.
(d) Sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie do to get Joe's attention?

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

3. Why does Logan go to Lake City?

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

5. What does Joe build in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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