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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 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.

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

3. What does Janie keep waiting for after her marriage?
(a) To move to another city.
(b) To have a baby.
(c) To fall in love with her husband.
(d) To get a new dress.

4. What does Joe say someone like Janie is "made to do"?
(a) Teach in a school.
(b) Sit on the porch and rock and fan herself.
(c) Work at a dress shop.
(d) Work the plow.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Janie do in Eatonville?

4. How do the men in town feel about Jody toward the end of Chapter 5?

5. What does Joe build in Chapter 5?

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