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

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

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

4. Where do the workers go to escape the storm?

5. What symbol returns in Chapter 11 as a feeling that Tea Cake awakens in Janie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tea Cake die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Mrs. Turner view blacks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the horizon as a symbol in the novel. What is it a symbol of? Does its symbolism change at all? If so, how? Use specific examples from the novel to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Explore the different symbols that are used in the book to represent Janie's situation as her story progresses -- the mule, the pear tree, etc.

Essay Topic 3

How are the characters in the novel presented as foils of one another?

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