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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Janie find unattractive about her husband in Chapter 3?
(a) All of the above.
(b) His toenails.
(c) He doesn't wash his feet before bed.
(d) His belly.

3. What symbolic object does Janie keep returning to in the days before her wedding?
(a) The school yard.
(b) The front gate.
(c) The pear tree.
(d) The rose bush.

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

5. When does Janie realize she is not white?
(a) When she looks in the mirror.
(b) When her grandmother tells her.
(c) When the kids at school tease her.
(d) When she sees a picture of herself with the white children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe think the town must do to be successful?

2. What do the residents of Eatonville hold a barbecue in celebration of?

3. Where is Joe Starks from?

4. What is the name of the family Nanny works for?

5. What does Joe want the town to have that the men of Eatonville say the white men won't give him?

(see the answer key)

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