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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is wearing a pair of overalls in Chapter 1?
(a) Tea Cake.
(b) Lulu.
(c) Janie.
(d) Pheoby.

2. What is Pheoby's husband's name?
(a) Sam.
(b) Bill.
(c) Jeffrey.
(d) Marlin.

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

4. Who does Janie marry in Chapter 3?
(a) Tea Cake.
(b) Hezekia.
(c) Logan Killicks.
(d) Joe Brown.

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 runs away with the Master.
(d) She kills the Mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day is it when the novel begins?

2. How many acres does Janie's new home sit on?

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

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

5. When does Janie realize she is not white?

(see the answer key)

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