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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Janie find difficult about tending the store?
(a) The customer service.
(b) Handling the meat.
(c) The calculations.
(d) The crowds.

3. What emotion is personified in Chapter 9 as something that Janie asks questions of at night?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Lonesomeness.
(c) Joy.
(d) Love.

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

5. Why does Logan go to Lake City?
(a) He's having an affair.
(b) To look at some land.
(c) To get a new plow.
(d) To buy a mule.

6. What is an alternate name for Eatonville?
(a) The Everglades.
(b) East Tampa.
(c) Oxford.
(d) West Maitland.

7. What is the cause of Joe's illness.
(a) His kidneys are shutting down.
(b) He drinks too much.
(c) He has been poisoned.
(d) He has a broken heart.

8. What action does Hurston compare Jody's harsh words to Janie in the store to?
(a) Kicking a mule.
(b) Beating a dog.
(c) Stripping a woman on a crowded street.
(d) Hugging a child.

9. How does Hezekiah behave in the store?
(a) He is meek and like a servant to Janie.
(b) He acts like a harmless imitation of Joe.
(c) He pretends to own the store.
(d) He is lazy and will not work.

10. What do the residents of Eatonville hold a barbecue in celebration of?
(a) The first street lamp in town.
(b) The first paved road in town.
(c) The end of slavery.
(d) Joe and Janie's wedding.

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

12. Where is everyone headed in Chapter 10?
(a) To church.
(b) To Orlando for the season.
(c) To a barbecue in Janie's honor.
(d) To a ball game in Winter Park.

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

14. How does Janie feel about Tea Cake at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) She thinks he is a thief.
(b) She feels like she's known him all her life.
(c) She is annoyed with him.
(d) She is afraid of him.

15. Who helps Janie in the store after Joe is dead?
(a) Pheoby.
(b) Hezekiah.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Tea Cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe ask Janie to do?

2. What do the men who try to court Janie really want?

3. What is the first thing Janie does once Joe is dead?

4. Besides Janie's wedding, what other major event occurs in Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the family Nanny works for?

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