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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Turner do when the restaurant is getting torn up?
(a) He runs home.
(b) He sits in the corner and smokes a pipe.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He helps his wife clean up.

2. What dessert do Tea Cake and Janie enjoy on the porch?
(a) Oranges and lemonade.
(b) Milk and cookies.
(c) Ice cream and coffee.
(d) Pound cake and lemonade.

3. Who sends Pheoby to have a talk with Janie about Tea Cake?
(a) Dr. Lawrence.
(b) Matt Bonner.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Sam Watson.

4. How does Tea Cake intend to win Janie's money back?
(a) By working all month.
(b) By robbing a bank.
(c) By gambling.
(d) By selling everything he has.

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

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

7. Why does Tea Cake beat Janie?
(a) Janie cheats on him.
(b) He wants to show the Turners who is boss.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) Janie tries to leave him.

8. Tea Cake tells Janie she is enough to make a man forget to _________. (Fill in the blank)
(a) Wake up in the morning.
(b) Get old and die.
(c) Go to work.
(d) Breathe.

9. How long do the people on the muck stay mad at Janie?
(a) Two days.
(b) A month.
(c) Six years.
(d) A week.

10. What does Tea Cake say that Nunkie did to draw him away from the crowd in the fields?
(a) She took his working tickets.
(b) She threw his hat across the field.
(c) She made the job foreman move him.
(d) She told him he was supposed to work in another area.

11. What happens to the money Janie has hidden in her dress?
(a) Tea Cake buys Janie a dress with it.
(b) Tea Cake hides the money from Janie.
(c) Tea Cake takes the money and goes out on the town to see what it is like to be rich.
(d) Janie buries the money under her house.

12. How do the other men feel about Tea Cake's beating Janie?
(a) They are jealous of Tea Cake.
(b) They are angry at Tea Cake.
(c) They feel sorry for Janie.
(d) They think Janie deserved it.

13. 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.

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

15. What does Janie tell Pheoby she wants to get married again for?
(a) Fame.
(b) Love.
(c) Safety.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tea Cake tell Janie to treat Mrs. Turner?

2. How does Janie know the hurricane is coming?

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

4. Why don't the police make many arrests when the workers get drunk in town?

5. What does Janie "pull in and drape over her shoulder" at the end of the novel?

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