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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Janie's husband do for Janie that Nanny says won't last for long?
(a) Sleeps on the couch.
(b) Cooks dinner.
(c) Brushes her hair at night.
(d) Chops the wood and carries it inside.

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

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

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

5. How do the men in town feel about Jody toward the end of Chapter 5?
(a) They are grateful for his generousity.
(b) They are mad at him for building the store.
(c) They are resentful of the way he exercises his power like a white man.
(d) They look up to him like a god.

6. Why does the house have no roof?
(a) A tornado has hit Pheoby's house.
(b) Janie has moved into a shack by the water with no roof.
(c) Death needs no protection from the winds.
(d) Joe is too poor to fix the hole in the roof.

7. What does Janie learn to do in Chapter 10?
(a) Play checkers.
(b) Ride a horse.
(c) Braid her hair.
(d) Drive a car.

8. What does Janie have in her new home that none of the other blacks in town have?
(a) A wood-burning stove.
(b) A bathtub.
(c) A feather bed.
(d) An organ.

9. What do the townspeople do when the mule dies?
(a) They drag it out to the swamp for a ceremony.
(b) They leave the carcass on Bonner's front porch.
(c) They cook it and eat it.
(d) They bury it in Joe's back yard.

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

11. What is Janie doing when Pheoby comes to see her?
(a) Writing a letter.
(b) Soaking and washing her feet.
(c) Washing her dress.
(d) Making dinner.

12. What makes the Mistress suspect that Nanny's newborn baby is part white?
(a) The baby's fair skin.
(b) The baby's gray eyes and yellow hair.
(c) The baby is always hidden .
(d) The plantation Master sends the baby away.

13. What song is played at Joe's funeral?
(a) "Safe in the Arms of Jesus."
(b) "All by Myself."
(c) "Amazing Grace."
(d) "When the Saints Go Marching In."

14. Jody says all women need telling, just like ____________. (Fill in the blank)
(a) Men.
(b) Children and chickens and cows.
(c) Servants.
(d) Black people.

15. What does Hurston compare Janie's funeral veil to?
(a) A party mask.
(b) A wall of stone and steel.
(c) A burial shroud.
(d) A bridal veil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tea Cake say he will come back to visit Janie?

2. What is a "pound of knuckle pudding"?

3. What do Tea Cake and Janie drink at the store?

4. Who is Eatonville named after?

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

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