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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Janie like about the store?
(a) That she gets to work with Joe.
(b) The conversations on the porch.
(c) The independence she feels by running the store.
(d) The people who visit her.

3. What does Janie want to seek instead of things?
(a) Love.
(b) People.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Safety.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Janie take notice of Joe Starks?

2. What does Janie do at home after the funeral?

3. What does Joe's death mean to Janie?

4. What does Janie find unattractive about her husband in Chapter 3?

5. What does Janie do to get Joe's attention?

(see the answer key)

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