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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is wearing a pair of overalls in Chapter 1?
(a) Pheoby.
(b) Tea Cake.
(c) Lulu.
(d) Janie.
2. What time of day is it when the novel begins?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Lunch time.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Daybreak.
3. Why does Joe buy the mule?
(a) He wants Janie to take care of the mule.
(b) He overhears Janie saying that the mule needs rest.
(c) He wants to impress the other men.
(d) He needs the mule to work his land.
4. Who does Nanny propose that Janie marry?
(a) Nathaniel Washburn.
(b) Logan Killicks.
(c) Brody Jenks.
(d) Johnny Taylor.
5. What is the first thing Janie does once Joe is dead?
(a) She lets down her hair.
(b) She runs to get the doctor.
(c) She covers Joe's face.
(d) She breaks his spittoon.
6. What does Joe ask Janie to do?
(a) Mend his socks.
(b) Cut her hair off.
(c) Kill her husband.
(d) Leave Logan and marry him.
7. Who does Janie marry in Chapter 3?
(a) Joe Brown.
(b) Hezekia.
(c) Tea Cake.
(d) Logan Killicks.
8. What do Janie's neighbors want to know about her?
(a) Why she has come home.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Where all her money is.
(d) Where her boyfriend is.
9. What does Joe buy from Mr. Eaton?
(a) 200 more acres of land.
(b) A dress for Janie.
(c) A house.
(d) A mule.
10. Besides Janie's wedding, what other major event occurs in Chapter 3?
(a) Janie has a baby.
(b) Logan dies.
(c) Nanny dies.
(d) Janie divorces Logan.
11. How do the men in town feel about Jody toward the end of Chapter 5?
(a) They look up to him like a god.
(b) They are mad at him for building the store.
(c) They are resentful of the way he exercises his power like a white man.
(d) They are grateful for his generousity.
12. What has been Joe's source of power so far in the novel?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Money.
(c) Physical force.
(d) Janie's love.
13. What is Janie's maiden name?
(a) Crawford.
(b) Starks.
(c) Potter.
(d) Watson.
14. Who is elected mayor of Eatonville?
(a) Matt.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Joe.
(d) Janie.
15. What event in Chapter 2 signals the end of Janie's childhood?
(a) Janie leaving home.
(b) Janie graduating from high school.
(c) Nanny telling her it's time to get married.
(d) Johnny Taylor kissing her.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Janie realize she is not white?
2. What do the men compare beating a woman to?
3. Who tells Janie about this rumor?
4. The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's _________ on board." (Fill in the blank)
5. What does Janie eat for dinner in Chapter 1?
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