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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tea Cake help Janie with at the end of the night?
(a) He helps her clean the floors.
(b) He helps her close up the store.
(c) He helps her tie up her hair.
(d) He helps her onto the train.

2. What does Tea Cake ask Janie to do in Chapter 14?
(a) Return to Eatonville alone.
(b) Have a baby with him.
(c) Work in the fields with him.
(d) Buy him a car.

3. Besides Janie's wedding, what other major event occurs in Chapter 3?
(a) Janie divorces Logan.
(b) Janie has a baby.
(c) Nanny dies.
(d) Logan dies.

4. What does Janie do instead of finishing breakfast?
(a) She goes back to bed.
(b) She leaves to meet up with Joe and run away with him.
(c) She goes into town for groceries.
(d) She helps Logan with some chores.

5. What is the rumor going around about Joe's illness?
(a) People think that he is an alcoholic.
(b) People say his heart is broken.
(c) People think that Janie poisoned him.
(d) People think he is faking sick because he is embarrassed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's _________ on board." (Fill in the blank)

2. What does Janie's husband do for Janie that Nanny says won't last for long?

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

4. What symbol returns in Chapter 11 as a feeling that Tea Cake awakens in Janie?

5. Where do Janie and Tea Cake go in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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