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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the money Janie has hidden in her dress?
(a) Tea Cake takes the money and goes out on the town to see what it is like to be rich.
(b) Tea Cake buys Janie a dress with it.
(c) Janie buries the money under her house.
(d) Tea Cake hides the money from Janie.

2. What does Joe want the town to have that the men of Eatonville say the white men won't give him?
(a) A post office.
(b) A paved road.
(c) A mayor.
(d) A church.

3. Where do the workers go to escape the storm?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Palm Beach.

4. Why does Tea Cake beat Janie?
(a) Janie tries to leave him.
(b) Janie cheats on him.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He wants to show the Turners who is boss.

5. How do the other men feel about Tea Cake's beating Janie?
(a) They feel sorry for Janie.
(b) They are jealous of Tea Cake.
(c) They are angry at Tea Cake.
(d) They think Janie deserved it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nanny call the "very prong all us black women gits hung on"?

3. What do the residents of Eatonville hold a barbecue in celebration of?

4. What song is played at Joe's funeral?

5. Who does Janie compare Jody to in her speech?

(see the answer key)

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