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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. What does Janie take with her when she leaves?
(a) A photo of Tea Cake.
(b) The seeds Tea Cake wanted to plant.
(c) A pistol.
(d) Her blue dress.

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

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

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

5. How does Tea Cake die?
(a) He drinks poison.
(b) He is stabbed in a bar fight.
(c) Janie shoots him in self-defense.
(d) He shoots himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie let Tea Cake do that none of the other men have been able to do?

2. When does Janie want to marry Tea Cake?

3. What does Mrs. Turner take pride in?

4. What does Janie tell Pheoby she wants to get married again for?

5. What does Janie find under Tea Cake's pillow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Janie's suspicions about Tea Cake?

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

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

4. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

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

6. What do the workers in the Everglades do for fun?

7. Describe the events that take place during the hurricane.

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

9. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

10. How does Tea Cake die?

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