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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 Nanny call the "very prong all us black women gits hung on"?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Safety.
(d) Family.

2. What is Tea Cake's given name?
(a) Sam Smith.
(b) Logan Killicks.
(c) Vergible Woods.
(d) Sam Malone.

3. What does Janie feel for Joe as he dies?
(a) Anger.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Pity.

4. Where is Tea Cake from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Maitland.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Tampa.

5. What does Nanny do to avoid being whipped by the plantation Mistress?
(a) She runs away into the woods with her baby.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She kills the Mistress.
(d) She runs away with the Master.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Hurston compare Jody's harsh words to Janie in the store to?

2. What does Joe say someone like Janie is "made to do"?

3. Why don't the police make many arrests when the workers get drunk in town?

4. What surprises Jody and Janie about Eatonville?

5. How old is Janie in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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