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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the townspeople do when the mule dies?
(a) They leave the carcass on Bonner's front porch.
(b) They cook it and eat it.
(c) They drag it out to the swamp for a ceremony.
(d) They bury it in Joe's back yard.

3. Why does Mrs. Turner like Janie?
(a) Because Janie visits the restaurant every day.
(b) Because Janie is from Eatonville.
(c) Because Janie has money.
(d) Because Janie is fair-skinned.

4. What does Janie do at home after the funeral?
(a) She burns all of Joe's belongings.
(b) She cries herself to sleep.
(c) She packs her bags to leave town.
(d) She burns her head rags.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of most of the jokes told on the porch?

2. What is Janie's response to Joe's anger in the store after he chastises her?

3. What does Janie do that upsets Joe in the store in Chapter 7?

4. Who does Janie compare Jody to in her speech?

5. What do Janie and Tea Cake do when the picking season ends?

(see the answer key)

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