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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 Janie do to get Joe's attention?
(a) She asks if he wants to come in and rest.
(b) She tells him he is handsome.
(c) She throws a rock at him.
(d) She starts pumping the well for water.

2. Why does Joe not allow Janie to participate in the social scene around the store?
(a) He says it is beneath her.
(b) He says she needs to tend the store.
(c) He is afraid she will get too upset.
(d) He wants her to be jealous.

3. How old is Janie in Chapter 7?
(a) 55.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 29.

4. What is Tea Cake's job?
(a) Cleaning floors.
(b) Picking beans.
(c) Herding cattle.
(d) Baling hay.

5. What does Hurston say that Janie's grandmother pinched and tied around Janie's neck "tight enough to choke her"?
(a) Love.
(b) Safety.
(c) The horizon.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe think the town must do to be successful?

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

3. What does Tea Cake want to protect Janie from?

4. What time of day is it when the novel begins?

5. What does Joe buy from Mr. Eaton?

(see the answer key)

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