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

2. Who is Mrs. Turner?
(a) The owner of a restaurant in town.
(b) Tea Cake's cousin.
(c) Janie's sister.
(d) The mayor's wife.

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

4. After finishing her story, Janie tells Pheoby "Ah done been tuh de _________." (Fill in the blank)
(a) Best place.
(b) Horizon.
(c) Depths of hell.
(d) Whole world and back.

5. What happens to Tea Cake as he and Janie are trying to get out of the water?
(a) He gets swept away by the wind.
(b) A cow kicks him in the face.
(c) Janie pushes him under water.
(d) A dog bites him on the cheek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Janie and Tea Cake do when the picking season ends?

2. How do Tea Cake's friends react to his death?

3. How does Tea Cake intend to win Janie's money back?

4. Where do the workers go to escape the storm?

5. Tea Cake tells Janie she is enough to make a man forget to _________. (Fill in the blank)

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Janie tell Pheoby about marriage in Chapter 12?

2. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

3. How does Pheoby react to Janie's story at the end of the novel?

4. What does Janie say about the horizon at the end of her story?

5. Describe Janie's reaction when Tea Cake beats her.

6. How is the hurricane a metaphor for Janie's life?

7. What happens to Tea Cake at the card game?

8. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

9. What things does Tea Cake do to show his love for Janie?

10. How does Mrs. Turner react to Janie's snubbing of her?

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