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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nanny do to avoid being whipped by the plantation Mistress?
(a) She runs away into the woods with her baby.
(b) She runs away with the Master.
(c) She kills the Mistress.
(d) She calls the police.

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

3. Who helps Janie in the store after Joe is dead?
(a) Tea Cake.
(b) Pheoby.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Hezekiah.

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

5. How do the townspeople react to the scene between Jody and Janie in the store?
(a) They lose respect for Joe.
(b) They are embarrassed.
(c) They encourage Joe to beat Janie.
(d) They all leave the store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tea Cake ask Janie to do in Chapter 14?

2. Where do all the workers from the muck go for fun?

3. What makes Janie take notice of Joe Starks?

4. Jody says all women need telling, just like ____________. (Fill in the blank)

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

(see the answer key)

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