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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Janie realize she is not white?
(a) When she looks in the mirror.
(b) When she sees a picture of herself with the white children.
(c) When her grandmother tells her.
(d) When the kids at school tease her.

2. What does Joe build in Chapter 5?
(a) A barn.
(b) A saw mill.
(c) A house.
(d) A store.

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

4. What makes Janie take notice of Joe Starks?
(a) He whistles at her.
(b) His clothes and the way he walks.
(c) His dirty face.
(d) He is running into town.

5. What is Pheoby's husband's name?
(a) Marlin.
(b) Sam.
(c) Jeffrey.
(d) Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe want the town to have that the men of Eatonville say the white men won't give him?

2. What does everyone call the "boy" Janie left with?

3. What emotion is personified in Chapter 9 as something that Janie asks questions of at night?

4. What does Joe do to hurt Janie in Chapter 8?

5. What does Janie's grandmother do to make things easier for Janie with the other black children?

(see the answer key)

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