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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Jody and Janie about Eatonville?
(a) How large the town is.
(b) That there are no blacks there.
(c) How small it is.
(d) How many people live there.

2. What does Hurston say that Janie's grandmother pinched and tied around Janie's neck "tight enough to choke her"?
(a) Anger.
(b) Love.
(c) The horizon.
(d) Safety.

3. How do the townspeople feel about Janie's relationship with Tea Cake?
(a) They are mad about it.
(b) They think Tea Cake should be mayor.
(c) They think Janie is taking advantage of Tea Cake.
(d) They want them to get married.

4. What does Joe buy from Mr. Eaton?
(a) A dress for Janie.
(b) A mule.
(c) A house.
(d) 200 more acres of land.

5. What symbolic object does Janie keep returning to in the days before her wedding?
(a) The pear tree.
(b) The front gate.
(c) The school yard.
(d) The rose bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie do in Eatonville?

2. What does Joe build in Chapter 5?

3. What has been Joe's source of power so far in the novel?

4. What does Janie tell Pheoby she wants to get married again for?

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

(see the answer key)

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