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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Janie's mother become pregnant with Janie?
(a) She was raped by the school teacher.
(b) She spent the night with a white man.
(c) She married a soldier.
(d) Nanny sells her to a white man.

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 resentful of the way he exercises his power like a white man.
(c) They look up to him like a god.
(d) They are mad at him for building the store.

3. Besides Janie's wedding, what other major event occurs in Chapter 3?
(a) Janie divorces Logan.
(b) Logan dies.
(c) Nanny dies.
(d) Janie has a baby.

4. What does Joe build in Chapter 5?
(a) A house.
(b) A store.
(c) A barn.
(d) A saw mill.

5. 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) Fix the wagon.
(d) Clean the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What makes the Mistress suspect that Nanny's newborn baby is part white?

3. What does Janie do to get Joe's attention?

4. What does Logan say that he and Nanny have done to Janie?

5. Who is Janie's best friend?

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