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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose house has no roof?
(a) Pheoby's.
(b) Janie's.
(c) Joe's.
(d) Death's.

2. What does Janie find difficult about tending the store?
(a) The customer service.
(b) The calculations.
(c) Handling the meat.
(d) The crowds.

3. 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 grateful for his generousity.
(c) They are resentful of the way he exercises his power like a white man.
(d) They look up to him like a god.

4. Why does Joe not allow Janie to participate in the social scene around the store?
(a) He wants her to be jealous.
(b) He says it is beneath her.
(c) He is afraid she will get too upset.
(d) He says she needs to tend the store.

5. What is the first thing Nanny thinks Janie is upset about when Janie comes to visit her in Chapter 3?
(a) She thinks Janie will leave Logan.
(b) She thinks Janie is pregnant.
(c) She thinks Janie's husband has been beating her.
(d) She thinks Janie is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe's death mean to Janie?

2. What does Joe think the town must do to be successful?

3. What does Janie feel for Joe as he dies?

4. Why doesn't Janie leave Jody?

5. What is the first thing Janie does once Joe is dead?

(see the answer key)

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