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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is wearing a pair of overalls in Chapter 1?
(a) Tea Cake.
(b) Pheoby.
(c) Lulu.
(d) Janie.

2. The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's _________ on board." (Fill in the blank)
(a) Wish.
(b) Wife.
(c) Cargo.
(d) Sorrow.

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

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

5. What does Joe make Janie do (out of jealousy)?
(a) He makes her mop the floors of the store.
(b) He makes her tie up her hair when she is in the store.
(c) He makes her stay in the house all day.
(d) He makes her wear an ugly dress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Pheoby's husband's name?

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

4. How do the townspeople react to the scene between Jody and Janie in the store?

5. What nickname does Janie have as a child?

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