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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Janie compare Jody to in her speech?
(a) Logan Killicks.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) King Solomon.

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

3. What is the first thing Nanny thinks Janie is upset about when Janie comes to visit her in Chapter 3?
(a) She thinks Janie's husband has been beating her.
(b) She thinks Janie is sick.
(c) She thinks Janie is pregnant.
(d) She thinks Janie will leave Logan.

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

5. What item of Joe's are the residents of Eatonville envious of?
(a) His feathered hat.
(b) His silk suit.
(c) His wife.
(d) His gold spittoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie keep waiting for after her marriage?

2. Why does Joe not allow Janie to participate in the social scene around the store?

3. What has been Joe's source of power so far in the novel?

4. How old do the neighbors think Janie is when she returns home in Chapter 1?

5. Who does Nanny propose that Janie marry?

(see the answer key)

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