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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Janie react to finding Tea Cake with Nunkie?
(a) She rages violently at Tea Cake.
(b) She leaves Tea Cake.
(c) She kills Nunkie.
(d) She ignores the incident.

2. How does Tea Cake tell Janie to treat Mrs. Turner?
(a) He tells Janie to feel sorry for Mrs. Turner.
(b) He tells Janie to steal Mrs. Turner's money.
(c) He tells Janie to give Mrs. Turner the cold shoulder.
(d) He tells Janie to make friends with her.

3. How do the townspeople feel about Janie's relationship with Tea Cake?
(a) They think Tea Cake should be mayor.
(b) They think Janie is taking advantage of Tea Cake.
(c) They want them to get married.
(d) They are mad about it.

4. Why don't the police make many arrests when the workers get drunk in town?
(a) There isn't enough jail space.
(b) They can't find anyone to arrest.
(c) They are afraid of the blacks.
(d) They are too lazy.

5. How do Tea Cake's friends react to his death?
(a) They try to help Janie escape.
(b) They are angry at Janie and want her prosecuted.
(c) They are glad he is gone.
(d) They do not know he is dead.

6. What does Hezekiah think of Tea Cake?
(a) He thinks Tea Cake is a criminal.
(b) He is jealous of Tea Cake.
(c) He thinks Janie is too good for Tea Cake.
(d) He thinks Tea Cake is a good man.

7. Where do all the workers from the muck go for fun?
(a) The general store.
(b) Tea Cake and Janie's house.
(c) The local bar.
(d) The swamp.

8. When is payday on the muck?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

9. How is Nunkie's appearance described?
(a) Nunkie is white.
(b) Nunkie is tall and thin.
(c) Nunkie looks like a movie star.
(d) Nunkie is chunky.

10. What illness does Tea Cake contract?
(a) Rabies.
(b) HIV.
(c) Consumption.
(d) The flu.

11. How does Janie know the hurricane is coming?
(a) She sees the storm coming in the sky.
(b) She hears about it on the radio.
(c) Tea Cake tells her.
(d) The Seminoles tell her.

12. What does Nunkie do to get Tea Cake's attention?
(a) Nunkie tells Tea Cake that Janie is cheating on him.
(b) Nunkie teases and hits Tea Cake.
(c) Nunkie dresses provocatively.
(d) Nunkie pretends to be sick for Tea Cake's sympathy

13. What is Tea Cake's job?
(a) Herding cattle.
(b) Cleaning floors.
(c) Baling hay.
(d) Picking beans.

14. What do the men who work with Tea Cake think of Mr. Turner?
(a) They are jealous of him.
(b) They respect him.
(c) They think he's scared of his wife.
(d) They think he is cruel to his wife.

15. What does Janie find under Tea Cake's pillow?
(a) A love note.
(b) A loaded pistol.
(c) Money.
(d) Another woman's picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie take with her when she leaves?

2. When do the townspeople take notice of Janie's spending so much time with Tea Cake?

3. How does Tea Cake die?

4. Who stays, then flees, with Tea Cake and Janie?

5. What does Janie hide behind the stove?

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