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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tea Cake's given name?
(a) Vergible Woods.
(b) Sam Smith.
(c) Sam Malone.
(d) Logan Killicks.

2. What has been Joe's source of power so far in the novel?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Physical force.
(c) Janie's love.
(d) Money.

3. Logan says Janie acts like she thinks she is ______. (Fill in the blank)
(a) White.
(b) A queen.
(c) Crippled.
(d) A man.

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

5. What symbolic object does Janie keep returning to in the days before her wedding?
(a) The front gate.
(b) The school yard.
(c) The pear tree.
(d) The rose bush.

6. What does Logan say that he and Nanny have done to Janie?
(a) Ruined her appetite.
(b) Spoiled her.
(c) Raised her from birth.
(d) Beaten her.

7. Where does Janie get married?
(a) In the Washburns' back yard.
(b) At the Baptist church.
(c) In Nanny's parlor.
(d) In Miami.

8. Why do the other black children pick on Janie all the time?
(a) Janie talks differently than the other kids.
(b) Janie makes fun of the other girls.
(c) Janie's clothes are better than the other kids' clothes.
(d) Janie gets better grades than them.

9. What is Janie's response to Joe's anger in the store after he chastises her?
(a) She gets fed up and makes fun of his aging body.
(b) She ignores him all day.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She throws the tobacco plug at him.

10. What does Joe want the town to have that the men of Eatonville say the white men won't give him?
(a) A mayor.
(b) A church.
(c) A paved road.
(d) A post office.

11. Why does the house have no roof?
(a) Janie has moved into a shack by the water with no roof.
(b) Joe is too poor to fix the hole in the roof.
(c) A tornado has hit Pheoby's house.
(d) Death needs no protection from the winds.

12. What makes Janie take notice of Joe Starks?
(a) He is running into town.
(b) He whistles at her.
(c) His clothes and the way he walks.
(d) His dirty face.

13. What do the men who try to court Janie really want?
(a) Her wisdom.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her body.
(d) Her store.

14. What nickname does Janie have as a child?
(a) Alphabet.
(b) Little One.
(c) Sassy.
(d) Baby Girl.

15. Where does Janie get a doctor from?
(a) The Mayo Clinic.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Maitland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe make Janie do (out of jealousy)?

2. Jody says all women need telling, just like ____________. (Fill in the blank)

3. Why does Joe buy the mule?

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

5. What is an alternate name for Eatonville?

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