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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Logan want Janie to do while she is making breakfast?
(a) Bring him some water.
(b) Go into town for groceries.
(c) Help him shoe a horse.
(d) Help him move the manure pile.

2. Why does Joe get mad at Janie in Chapter 6?
(a) He cannot find a bill of lading in the store.
(b) She has an affair with another man.
(c) She wears lipstick to church.
(d) She yells at him on the porch.

3. Why does Tea Cake say he will come back to visit Janie?
(a) To pay her for his groceries.
(b) To take her out to dinner.
(c) To teach her more about checkers.
(d) To bring her flowers.

4. The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's _________ on board." (Fill in the blank)
(a) Wife.
(b) Cargo.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Wish.

5. How does Janie feel about Tea Cake at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) She is annoyed with him.
(b) She is afraid of him.
(c) She feels like she's known him all her life.
(d) She thinks he is a thief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie do instead of finishing breakfast?

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

3. What is the cause of Joe's illness.

4. What do the men who try to court Janie really want?

5. What do the other children tease Janie about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is death personified in Chapter 8?

2. How do the people of Eatonville view Joe Starks?

3. How does Logan seem to feel about the possibility of Janie leaving him?

4. How do the neighborhood women seem to feel about Janie?

5. What are some of the reasons Nanny says that Janie should feel lucky to be married to Logan?

6. Describe Jody's appearance in Chapter 7.

7. What does Janie say to Joe as he is dying?

8. What does Janie think about Joe buying the mule?

9. Describe the analogy Hurston uses to explain Janie's sexual awakening.

10. Describe Logan as Janie sees him.

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