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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an alternate name for Eatonville?
(a) The Everglades.
(b) Oxford.
(c) West Maitland.
(d) East Tampa.

2. Who does Janie marry in Chapter 3?
(a) Joe Brown.
(b) Logan Killicks.
(c) Hezekia.
(d) Tea Cake.

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

4. What does Joe think the town must do to be successful?
(a) Pay him for his advice.
(b) Incorporate.
(c) Build a bridge.
(d) Start a city council.

5. When do the townspeople take notice of Janie's spending so much time with Tea Cake?
(a) After he starts working at the store.
(b) After the picnic.
(c) After he is seen leaving her house one morning.
(d) After she is late opening the store every day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hurston compare Janie to in Chapter 7?

3. What does Janie keep waiting for after her marriage?

4. What does Joe buy from Mr. Eaton?

5. What does Nanny call the "very prong all us black women gits hung on"?

(see the answer key)

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