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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tea Cake tell Janie to treat Mrs. Turner?

2. What does Tea Cake do when Janie cannot swim anymore?

3. What does Janie wear to Tea Cake's funeral?

4. What dessert do Tea Cake and Janie enjoy on the porch?

5. What does Janie take with her when she leaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tea Cake die?

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

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

6. Who is Annie Tyler?

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

8. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

9. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What elements are integral parts of how Hurston defines true love in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Is Janie's story an analogy of the repression of African Americans or women? Support your answer with references to and examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

It can be said that Their Eyes Were Watching God captures the importance of oral history and the oral tradition in African American culture. What elements of the story support this?

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