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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 church.
(c) A mayor.
(d) A paved road.

3. Why does Joe not allow Janie to participate in the social scene around the store?
(a) He wants her to be jealous.
(b) He says she needs to tend the store.
(c) He says it is beneath her.
(d) He is afraid she will get too upset.

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

5. Who tells Janie about this rumor?
(a) Logan Killicks.
(b) Pheoby Watson.
(c) Joe Starks.
(d) Matt Bonner.

6. What does Janie use as a weapon in Chapter 7?
(a) Her fists.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Produce.
(d) Words.

7. What makes Janie take notice of Joe Starks?
(a) He whistles at her.
(b) He is running into town.
(c) His dirty face.
(d) His clothes and the way he walks.

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

9. What time of day is it when the novel begins?
(a) Daybreak.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Lunch time.
(d) Dusk.

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

11. What does Joe do after the big fight with Janie?
(a) He apologizes to Janie.
(b) He closes down the store.
(c) He tells Janie to pack up and leave him.
(d) He moves into another bedroom in the house.

12. What does Joe's death mean to Janie?
(a) Grief.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Poverty.

13. What is the rumor going around about Joe's illness?
(a) People say his heart is broken.
(b) People think that he is an alcoholic.
(c) People think that Janie poisoned him.
(d) People think he is faking sick because he is embarrassed.

14. How old is Joe in Chapter 7?
(a) 42.
(b) 80.
(c) 50.
(d) 65.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janie have to do when Logan goes to Lake City for the day?

2. What are Janie's neighbors doing when she arrives home?

3. What does Tea Cake help Janie with at the end of the night?

4. Where is Tea Cake from?

5. What does Janie have in her new home that none of the other blacks in town have?

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