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

2. What does Tea Cake want to protect Janie from?
(a) The dangerous bars in town.
(b) The cruelty of the world.
(c) The commonness of the railroad workers.
(d) The lustful men in town.

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

4. 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.

5. How old is Tea Cake?
(a) 38.
(b) 18.
(c) 40.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Janie think of as a warning about what Tea Cake might do to her?

3. What does Tea Cake do when he returns to the store that melts Janie's decided coldness toward him?

4. How does Janie react to finding Tea Cake with Nunkie?

5. How does Janie know the hurricane is coming?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tea Cake die?

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

8. Who is Annie Tyler?

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

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

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