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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 Hezekiah think of Tea Cake?
(a) He thinks Tea Cake is a criminal.
(b) He is jealous of Tea Cake.
(c) He thinks Tea Cake is a good man.
(d) He thinks Janie is too good for Tea Cake.

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

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

4. What does Janie find under Tea Cake's pillow?
(a) Money.
(b) Another woman's picture.
(c) A loaded pistol.
(d) A love note.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the other men feel about Tea Cake's beating Janie?

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

3. What does Tea Cake call the land that he works on?

4. How do the townspeople feel about Janie's relationship with Tea Cake?

5. What does Janie hide behind the stove?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare Tea Cake's funeral to Joe Starks'.

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

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

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

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

6. Why do the men get angry at Mrs. Turner?

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

8. What makes the townspeople so mad about Janie seeing Tea Cake?

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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