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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hezekiah behave in the store?
(a) He acts like a harmless imitation of Joe.
(b) He is meek and like a servant to Janie.
(c) He is lazy and will not work.
(d) He pretends to own the store.

2. Who does Janie say is the only person Joe ever listened to?
(a) Janie.
(b) Himself.
(c) His mother.
(d) God.

3. What does Hurston compare Janie to in Chapter 7?
(a) A child.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) A rut in the road.
(d) A mule.

4. What does Joe say someone like Janie is "made to do"?
(a) Work the plow.
(b) Sit on the porch and rock and fan herself.
(c) Work at a dress shop.
(d) Teach in a school.

5. Why does Joe not allow Janie to participate in the social scene around the store?
(a) He is afraid she will get too upset.
(b) He wants her to be jealous.
(c) He says she needs to tend the store.
(d) He says it is beneath her.

6. What does Janie's grandmother do to make things easier for Janie with the other black children?
(a) She sends Janie to a different school.
(b) She yells at the other children.
(c) She homeschools Janie.
(d) She buys them some land and their own house.

7. What is the first thing Janie does once Joe is dead?
(a) She breaks his spittoon.
(b) She runs to get the doctor.
(c) She lets down her hair.
(d) She covers Joe's face.

8. Where is Tea Cake from?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Maitland.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tampa.

9. What does Janie do to get Joe's attention?
(a) She throws a rock at him.
(b) She tells him he is handsome.
(c) She asks if he wants to come in and rest.
(d) She starts pumping the well for water.

10. Who is Eatonville named after?
(a) Joe Starks' first wife.
(b) Janie's grandmother.
(c) Lady Eaton of Georgia.
(d) Mr. Eaton, who donated the land to the blacks.

11. How old is Joe in Chapter 7?
(a) 80.
(b) 50.
(c) 65.
(d) 42.

12. Where is everyone headed in Chapter 10?
(a) To church.
(b) To a ball game in Winter Park.
(c) To Orlando for the season.
(d) To a barbecue in Janie's honor.

13. What is the name of the family Nanny works for?
(a) Washburn.
(b) Crawford.
(c) Smith.
(d) Little.

14. What does Joe's death mean to Janie?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Grief.
(d) Poverty.

15. What does Janie compare Jody's body to?
(a) The "change uh life."
(b) "A horse rump."
(c) Sadness.
(d) "A nekkid grandpa."

Short Answer Questions

1. The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's _________ on board." (Fill in the blank)

2. For how long does Janie wear black to signify her mourning over Joe?

3. How do the men in town feel about Jody toward the end of Chapter 5?

4. What does Joe think the town must do to be successful?

5. What does everyone call the "boy" Janie left with?

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