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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the other children tease Janie about?
(a) Janie's poor family.
(b) The way Janie's grandmother talks.
(c) The hound dogs chasing Janie's father.
(d) Janie's good grades in school.

2. Where does Janie get a doctor from?
(a) Orlando.
(b) The Mayo Clinic.
(c) Maitland.
(d) Georgia.

3. What does Joe say someone like Janie is "made to do"?
(a) Work the plow.
(b) Sit on the porch and rock and fan herself.
(c) Teach in a school.
(d) Work at a dress shop.

4. What do Tea Cake and Janie drink at the store?
(a) Wine.
(b) Rum.
(c) Root beer.
(d) Coca Cola.

5. Why does Joe get mad at Janie in Chapter 6?
(a) She has an affair with another man.
(b) She wears lipstick to church.
(c) He cannot find a bill of lading in the store.
(d) She yells at him on the porch.

6. Who does Janie say is the only person Joe ever listened to?
(a) God.
(b) Himself.
(c) His mother.
(d) Janie.

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

8. What does Joe make Janie do (out of jealousy)?
(a) He makes her wear an ugly dress.
(b) He makes her stay in the house all day.
(c) He makes her tie up her hair when she is in the store.
(d) He makes her mop the floors of the store.

9. What does Janie find unattractive about her husband in Chapter 3?
(a) All of the above.
(b) His belly.
(c) His toenails.
(d) He doesn't wash his feet before bed.

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

11. What is Janie's maiden name?
(a) Potter.
(b) Watson.
(c) Crawford.
(d) Starks.

12. What does Nanny call the "very prong all us black women gits hung on"?
(a) Family.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Safety.

13. What has been Joe's source of power so far in the novel?
(a) Janie's love.
(b) Physical force.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Money.

14. What does Janie's grandmother do to make things easier for Janie with the other black children?
(a) She sends Janie to a different school.
(b) She homeschools Janie.
(c) She buys them some land and their own house.
(d) She yells at the other children.

15. How many acres does Janie's new home sit on?
(a) 60 acres.
(b) 10 acres.
(c) 100 acres.
(d) 1 acre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Janie's best friend?

2. What is Janie doing when Pheoby comes to see her?

3. What does Janie's husband do for Janie that Nanny says won't last for long?

4. Whose house has no roof?

5. Who is Eatonville named after?

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