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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symbolic object does Janie keep returning to in the days before her wedding?
(a) The pear tree.
(b) The front gate.
(c) The rose bush.
(d) The school yard.

2. What does Janie tell Pheoby she wants to get married again for?
(a) Money.
(b) Safety.
(c) Fame.
(d) Love.

3. What does Janie do in Eatonville?
(a) She is a nanny for a white family.
(b) She manages the store.
(c) She quilts with the other women.
(d) She sells cakes and pies from her home.

4. Whose house has no roof?
(a) Janie's.
(b) Pheoby's.
(c) Death's.
(d) Joe's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Janie about this rumor?

2. Why do the other black children pick on Janie all the time?

3. What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?

4. Where is everyone headed in Chapter 10?

5. What does Hezekiah think of Tea Cake?

(see the answer key)

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