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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Janie do that upsets Joe in the store in Chapter 7?
(a) She drops a crate of produce.
(b) She sits around and will not work.
(c) She flirts with a customer.
(d) She cuts a plug of tobacco incorrectly.

3. What has been Joe's source of power so far in the novel?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Money.
(c) Physical force.
(d) Janie's love.

4. What does Janie use as a weapon in Chapter 7?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her fists.
(c) Produce.
(d) Words.

5. What does Nanny call the "very prong all us black women gits hung on"?
(a) Love.
(b) Safety.
(c) Money.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Janie's response to Joe's anger in the store after he chastises her?

2. Who tells Janie about this rumor?

3. What does Janie have to do when Logan goes to Lake City for the day?

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

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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