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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When do the townspeople take notice of Janie's spending so much time with Tea Cake?
(a) After he starts working at the store.
(b) After she is late opening the store every day.
(c) After he is seen leaving her house one morning.
(d) After the picnic.

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

5. Who stays, then flees, with Tea Cake and Janie?
(a) Sop-de-Bottom.
(b) Pheoby.
(c) Motor Boat.
(d) Stew Beef.

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

7. What does Tea Cake teach Janie how to do in the Everglades?
(a) How to play guitar.
(b) How to sew.
(c) How to shoot.
(d) How to cook.

8. What color does Janie start wearing in Chapter 12?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black .
(d) Pink.

9. What do Janie and Tea Cake do when the picking season ends?
(a) They return to Eatonville.
(b) They keep working the fields.
(c) They stay in the Everglades.
(d) They go on a long vacation to Mexico.

10. What does Janie hide behind the stove?
(a) A train ticket.
(b) A rifle.
(c) Her money.
(d) Tea Cake's pistol.

11. What does Janie "pull in and drape over her shoulder" at the end of the novel?
(a) A warm blanket.
(b) Her whole life.
(c) Tea Cake's sweater.
(d) The horizon.

12. Who does Janie think of as a warning about what Tea Cake might do to her?
(a) Joe Starks.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Annie Tyler.
(d) Pheoby Watson.

13. How old is Tea Cake?
(a) 40.
(b) 25.
(c) 18.
(d) 38.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Turner like Janie?

2. What dessert do Tea Cake and Janie enjoy on the porch?

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

4. What is Tea Cake's job?

5. How does Janie react to finding Tea Cake with Nunkie?

(see the answer keys)

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