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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event in Chapter 2 signals the end of Janie's childhood?
(a) Johnny Taylor kissing her.
(b) Janie leaving home.
(c) Nanny telling her it's time to get married.
(d) Janie graduating from high school.

2. What is Pheoby's husband's name?
(a) Sam.
(b) Marlin.
(c) Bill.
(d) Jeffrey.

3. How did Janie's mother become pregnant with Janie?
(a) Nanny sells her to a white man.
(b) She married a soldier.
(c) She spent the night with a white man.
(d) She was raped by the school teacher.

4. Who does Nanny propose that Janie marry?
(a) Nathaniel Washburn.
(b) Johnny Taylor.
(c) Logan Killicks.
(d) Brody Jenks.

5. What does Nanny do to avoid being whipped by the plantation Mistress?
(a) She runs away into the woods with her baby.
(b) She runs away with the Master.
(c) She kills the Mistress.
(d) She calls the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Janie's wedding, what other major event occurs in Chapter 3?

2. Why do the other black children pick on Janie all the time?

3. What does Janie have in her new home that none of the other blacks in town have?

4. What is Janie doing when Pheoby comes to see her?

5. What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?

(see the answer key)

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