View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first thing Janie does once Joe is dead?
(a) She runs to get the doctor.
(b) She lets down her hair.
(c) She breaks his spittoon.
(d) She covers Joe's face.

3. How does Tea Cake intend to win Janie's money back?
(a) By gambling.
(b) By selling everything he has.
(c) By working all month.
(d) By robbing a bank.

4. How do the townspeople feel about Janie's relationship with Tea Cake?
(a) They are mad about it.
(b) They think Janie is taking advantage of Tea Cake.
(c) They want them to get married.
(d) They think Tea Cake should be mayor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?

2. What is a "pound of knuckle pudding"?

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

4. What does Janie find difficult about tending the store?

5. What song is played at Joe's funeral?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 301 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample