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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion is personified in Chapter 9 as something that Janie asks questions of at night?
(a) Love.
(b) Joy.
(c) Lonesomeness.
(d) Sadness.

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

3. What does Joe make Janie do (out of jealousy)?
(a) He makes her wear an ugly dress.
(b) He makes her mop the floors of the store.
(c) He makes her tie up her hair when she is in the store.
(d) He makes her stay in the house all day.

4. What action does Hurston compare Jody's harsh words to Janie in the store to?
(a) Kicking a mule.
(b) Beating a dog.
(c) Hugging a child.
(d) Stripping a woman on a crowded street.

5. What does Janie do that upsets Joe in the store in Chapter 7?
(a) She cuts a plug of tobacco incorrectly.
(b) She sits around and will not work.
(c) She drops a crate of produce.
(d) She flirts with a customer.

6. Where is Tea Cake from?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Maitland.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Georgia.

7. What do Tea Cake and Janie drink at the store?
(a) Rum.
(b) Wine.
(c) Root beer.
(d) Coca Cola.

8. How old do the neighbors think Janie is when she returns home in Chapter 1?
(a) 55.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 18.

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

10. Who helps Janie in the store after Joe is dead?
(a) Pheoby.
(b) Tea Cake.
(c) Hezekiah.
(d) Nanny.

11. What does Janie find unattractive about her husband in Chapter 3?
(a) His toenails.
(b) All of the above.
(c) He doesn't wash his feet before bed.
(d) His belly.

12. What do Janie's neighbors want to know about her?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Where all her money is.
(c) Where her boyfriend is.
(d) Why she has come home.

13. Why does Logan go to Lake City?
(a) To buy a mule.
(b) To look at some land.
(c) To get a new plow.
(d) He's having an affair.

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

15. What does Logan want Janie to do while she is making breakfast?
(a) Go into town for groceries.
(b) Help him move the manure pile.
(c) Bring him some water.
(d) Help him shoe a horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Janie feel about Tea Cake at the end of Chapter 10?

2. Besides Janie's wedding, what other major event occurs in Chapter 3?

3. What does everyone call the "boy" Janie left with?

4. Why do the other black children pick on Janie all the time?

5. Logan says Janie acts like she thinks she is ______. (Fill in the blank)

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