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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 Tea Cake ask Janie to do in Chapter 14?
(a) Have a baby with him.
(b) Work in the fields with him.
(c) Buy him a car.
(d) Return to Eatonville alone.

2. Why does Tea Cake want to stay on the muck?
(a) He does not want to leave Janie.
(b) He does not like moving around.
(c) He does not want to lose a day of work.
(d) He is not afraid of hurricanes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie hide behind the stove?

2. What does Tea Cake teach Janie how to do in the Everglades?

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

4. How old is Tea Cake?

5. After finishing her story, Janie tells Pheoby "Ah done been tuh de _________." (Fill in the blank)

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Tea Cake want Janie to work in the fields with him?

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

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

5. Who is Annie Tyler?

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

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

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

9. What does Tea Cake do when Janie confronts him about Nunkie?

10. How does Tea Cake die?

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