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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Joe buy the mule?
(a) He wants to impress the other men.
(b) He needs the mule to work his land.
(c) He overhears Janie saying that the mule needs rest.
(d) He wants Janie to take care of the mule.

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

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

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

5. Why do the other black children pick on Janie all the time?
(a) Janie's clothes are better than the other kids' clothes.
(b) Janie gets better grades than them.
(c) Janie makes fun of the other girls.
(d) Janie talks differently than the other kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie's husband do for Janie that Nanny says won't last for long?

2. What does Joe build in Chapter 5?

3. Who does Janie marry in Chapter 3?

4. What item of Joe's are the residents of Eatonville envious of?

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

(see the answer key)

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