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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Janie have in her new home that none of the other blacks in town have?
(a) A bathtub.
(b) A wood-burning stove.
(c) An organ.
(d) A feather bed.

2. How do the men in town feel about Jody toward the end of Chapter 5?
(a) They are grateful for his generousity.
(b) They are mad at him for building the store.
(c) They are resentful of the way he exercises his power like a white man.
(d) They look up to him like a god.

3. What makes Janie take notice of Joe Starks?
(a) He whistles at her.
(b) His clothes and the way he walks.
(c) His dirty face.
(d) He is running into town.

4. After they've been married for about a year, what does Logan tell Janie she can now do for herself?
(a) Move out of the house.
(b) Bring the chopped wood inside.
(c) Clean the house.
(d) Fix the wagon.

5. Logan says Janie acts like she thinks she is ______. (Fill in the blank)
(a) A queen.
(b) White.
(c) Crippled.
(d) A man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nanny call the "very prong all us black women gits hung on"?

2. What does Nanny do to avoid being whipped by the plantation Mistress?

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

4. What does Janie do in Eatonville?

5. What is Pheoby's husband's name?

(see the answer key)

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