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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What emotion overtakes Janie in Chapter 15?
(a) Anger.
(b) Love.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Joy.

3. What does Janie like about the store?
(a) The people who visit her.
(b) The independence she feels by running the store.
(c) The conversations on the porch.
(d) That she gets to work with Joe.

4. Who does Janie compare Jody to in her speech?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) King Solomon.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Logan Killicks.

5. What happens to the money Janie has hidden in her dress?
(a) Tea Cake hides the money from Janie.
(b) Tea Cake takes the money and goes out on the town to see what it is like to be rich.
(c) Tea Cake buys Janie a dress with it.
(d) Janie buries the money under her house.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the family Nanny works for?

4. Who helps Janie in the store after Joe is dead?

5. Where does Janie get a doctor from?

(see the answer key)

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