View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hezekiah think of Tea Cake?

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

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

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

5. What emotion overtakes Janie in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Janie jealous of Nunkie?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explain how and why Janie is consistently disappointed throughout her life. Which characters disappoint her? What were her initial expectations of these characters, and how do they let her down?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Janie's perception of her role as a woman compared to that of her grandmother's.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 755 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample