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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 have to do when Logan goes to Lake City for the day?
(a) Cut up potatoes.
(b) Pack him a lunch.
(c) Go to the grocery store.
(d) Plow the field.

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

3. What event in Chapter 2 signals the end of Janie's childhood?
(a) Nanny telling her it's time to get married.
(b) Janie graduating from high school.
(c) Johnny Taylor kissing her.
(d) Janie leaving home.

4. What does Janie realize she feels for her grandmother?
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Pity.

5. What does Janie let Tea Cake do that none of the other men have been able to do?
(a) Come up on her porch.
(b) Buy her a soda.
(c) Take her to dinner.
(d) Borrow some money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Joe Starks from?

3. What object in nature is symbolic of Janie's sexual awakening?

4. When do the townspeople take notice of Janie's spending so much time with Tea Cake?

5. What does Joe make Janie do (out of jealousy)?

(see the answer key)

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