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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of most of the jokes told on the porch?
(a) Women.
(b) Janie's hair.
(c) Matt Bonner's mule.
(d) Joe's clothes.

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

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

4. What does Hurston say that Janie's grandmother pinched and tied around Janie's neck "tight enough to choke her"?
(a) Safety.
(b) Love.
(c) The horizon.
(d) Anger.

5. What does Janie have to do when Logan goes to Lake City for the day?
(a) Pack him a lunch.
(b) Plow the field.
(c) Go to the grocery store.
(d) Cut up potatoes.

6. What does Janie do that upsets Joe in the store in Chapter 7?
(a) She sits around and will not work.
(b) She flirts with a customer.
(c) She cuts a plug of tobacco incorrectly.
(d) She drops a crate of produce.

7. How old do the neighbors think Janie is when she returns home in Chapter 1?
(a) 55.
(b) 40.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

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

9. Who does Janie marry in Chapter 3?
(a) Tea Cake.
(b) Logan Killicks.
(c) Joe Brown.
(d) Hezekia.

10. Who is elected mayor of Eatonville?
(a) Matt.
(b) Janie.
(c) Joe.
(d) Nanny.

11. For how long does Janie wear black to signify her mourning over Joe?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) Two days.

12. The first line of the novel is "Ships at a distance have every man's _________ on board." (Fill in the blank)
(a) Cargo.
(b) Wish.
(c) Wife.
(d) Sorrow.

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

14. Why does Tea Cake say he will come back to visit Janie?
(a) To take her out to dinner.
(b) To pay her for his groceries.
(c) To bring her flowers.
(d) To teach her more about checkers.

15. What do the men who try to court Janie really want?
(a) Her store.
(b) Her wisdom.
(c) Her money.
(d) Her body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the other black children pick on Janie all the time?

2. How do the townspeople react to the scene between Jody and Janie in the store?

3. What does Janie's grandmother do to make things easier for Janie with the other black children?

4. What does Janie do instead of finishing breakfast?

5. Who does Nanny propose that Janie marry?

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