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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Nanny thinks Janie is upset about when Janie comes to visit her in Chapter 3?
(a) She thinks Janie is sick.
(b) She thinks Janie is pregnant.
(c) She thinks Janie will leave Logan.
(d) She thinks Janie's husband has been beating her.

2. Who is Janie's best friend?
(a) Pearl.
(b) Pheoby.
(c) Lulu.
(d) Annie.

3. What makes the Mistress suspect that Nanny's newborn baby is part white?
(a) The baby's gray eyes and yellow hair.
(b) The plantation Master sends the baby away.
(c) The baby's fair skin.
(d) The baby is always hidden .

4. What do Janie's neighbors want to know about her?
(a) Where all her money is.
(b) Where her boyfriend is.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Why she has come home.

5. What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?
(a) The neighbors are hiding inside Janie's house to throw her a surprise party.
(b) The neighbors are gathered on Pheoby's front porch to gossip.
(c) The neighbors are building a barn.
(d) The neighbors are all asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Janie realize she is not white?

2. What event in Chapter 2 signals the end of Janie's childhood?

3. What symbolic object does Janie keep returning to in the days before her wedding?

4. What does Janie's grandmother do to make things easier for Janie with the other black children?

5. What do the other children tease Janie about?

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