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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Janie get married?
(a) At the Baptist church.
(b) In Nanny's parlor.
(c) In the Washburns' back yard.
(d) In Miami.

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

3. What surprises Jody and Janie about Eatonville?
(a) How small it is.
(b) That there are no blacks there.
(c) How many people live there.
(d) How large the town is.

4. What event in Chapter 2 signals the end of Janie's childhood?
(a) Nanny telling her it's time to get married.
(b) Janie leaving home.
(c) Johnny Taylor kissing her.
(d) Janie graduating from high school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Janie's maiden name?

2. Who is elected mayor of Eatonville?

3. Who does Nanny propose that Janie marry?

4. What is Janie doing when Pheoby comes to see her?

5. The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's _________ on board." (Fill in the blank)

(see the answer key)

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