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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What actually kills Joe?
(a) A shot fired through the window.
(b) He drinks poison.
(c) The last effort to lash out at Janie.
(d) Janie suffocates him.

2. What does Janie learn to do in Chapter 10?
(a) Braid her hair.
(b) Ride a horse.
(c) Play checkers.
(d) Drive a car.

3. What does Tea Cake call the land that he works on?
(a) The glades.
(b) The office.
(c) The muck.
(d) The patch.

4. What does Janie have in her new home that none of the other blacks in town have?
(a) A bathtub.
(b) A feather bed.
(c) A wood-burning stove.
(d) An organ.

5. Why does Joe buy the mule?
(a) He overhears Janie saying that the mule needs rest.
(b) He wants Janie to take care of the mule.
(c) He needs the mule to work his land.
(d) He wants to impress the other men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nanny tells Janie not to worry about love when she has _______. (Fill in the blank)

2. What does Nanny do to avoid being whipped by the plantation Mistress?

3. Who tells Janie about this rumor?

4. What do Janie's neighbors want to know about her?

5. What makes the Mistress suspect that Nanny's newborn baby is part white?

(see the answer key)

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