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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Janie doing when Pheoby comes to see her?
(a) Writing a letter.
(b) Making dinner.
(c) Washing her dress.
(d) Soaking and washing her feet.

3. Jody says all women need telling, just like ____________. (Fill in the blank)
(a) Men.
(b) Children and chickens and cows.
(c) Black people.
(d) Servants.

4. 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.

5. What does Janie's husband do for Janie that Nanny says won't last for long?
(a) Chops the wood and carries it inside.
(b) Cooks dinner.
(c) Sleeps on the couch.
(d) Brushes her hair at night.

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

7. How many acres does Janie's new home sit on?
(a) 60 acres.
(b) 100 acres.
(c) 1 acre.
(d) 10 acres.

8. What does Janie want to seek instead of things?
(a) Freedom.
(b) People.
(c) Love.
(d) Safety.

9. How do the townspeople react to the scene between Jody and Janie in the store?
(a) They all leave the store.
(b) They encourage Joe to beat Janie.
(c) They are embarrassed.
(d) They lose respect for Joe.

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

11. What is an alternate name for Eatonville?
(a) East Tampa.
(b) West Maitland.
(c) Oxford.
(d) The Everglades.

12. What surprises Jody and Janie about Eatonville?
(a) How many people live there.
(b) How small it is.
(c) How large the town is.
(d) That there are no blacks there.

13. What does Janie compare Jody's body to?
(a) "A horse rump."
(b) Sadness.
(c) The "change uh life."
(d) "A nekkid grandpa."

14. What does Joe ask Janie to do?
(a) Cut her hair off.
(b) Leave Logan and marry him.
(c) Kill her husband.
(d) Mend his socks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is everyone headed in Chapter 10?

2. Where does Janie get married?

3. What does Joe want the town to have that the men of Eatonville say the white men won't give him?

4. What do Janie's neighbors want to know about her?

5. What does Joe think the town must do to be successful?

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