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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the townspeople react to the scene between Jody and Janie in the store?
(a) They lose respect for Joe.
(b) They are embarrassed.
(c) They all leave the store.
(d) They encourage Joe to beat Janie.

2. What action does Hurston compare Jody's harsh words to Janie in the store to?
(a) Beating a dog.
(b) Hugging a child.
(c) Kicking a mule.
(d) Stripping a woman on a crowded street.

3. What has been Joe's source of power so far in the novel?
(a) Money.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Janie's love.
(d) Physical force.

4. What does Janie do in Eatonville?
(a) She is a nanny for a white family.
(b) She sells cakes and pies from her home.
(c) She manages the store.
(d) She quilts with the other women.

5. What does Janie do at home after the funeral?
(a) She cries herself to sleep.
(b) She burns her head rags.
(c) She burns all of Joe's belongings.
(d) She packs her bags to leave town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song is played at Joe's funeral?

2. How old is Joe in Chapter 7?

3. What does Joe want the town to have that the men of Eatonville say the white men won't give him?

4. What do the residents of Eatonville hold a barbecue in celebration of?

5. What does Hurston compare Janie's funeral veil to?

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