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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Janie's mother become pregnant with Janie?
(a) She married a soldier.
(b) She was raped by the school teacher.
(c) She spent the night with a white man.
(d) Nanny sells her to a white man.

2. Who tells Janie about this rumor?
(a) Logan Killicks.
(b) Joe Starks.
(c) Matt Bonner.
(d) Pheoby Watson.

3. How does Jody deal with his aging?
(a) He berates Janie for her aging to make himself feel better.
(b) He gets plastic surgery.
(c) He runs around with young girls.
(d) He hides in the back of the store so people won't see him.

4. What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?
(a) The neighbors are building a barn.
(b) The neighbors are gathered on Pheoby's front porch to gossip.
(c) The neighbors are all asleep.
(d) The neighbors are hiding inside Janie's house to throw her a surprise party.

5. Whose house has no roof?
(a) Pheoby's.
(b) Joe's.
(c) Janie's.
(d) Death's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie compare Jody's body to?

2. What nickname does Janie have as a child?

3. What does Janie find unattractive about her husband in Chapter 3?

4. What does Janie's husband do for Janie that Nanny says won't last for long?

5. What does Joe's death mean to Janie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Janie feel about Nanny in Chapter 9?

2. What are some of the restrictions Jody places on Janie?

3. How is Tea Cake different than the other men in Janie's life?

4. What are some of the reasons Nanny says that Janie should feel lucky to be married to Logan?

5. Why is Joe so angry and embarrassed when Janie finally speaks up to him?

6. How does Janie initially feel about Joe's getting old?

7. What does Janie think about Joe buying the mule?

8. Why do the other children make fun of Janie and refuse to play with her?

9. What is Joe's opinion of Eatonville when he first arrives?

10. What events in Chapter 4 reveal a change in Janie and Logan's marriage?

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