Their Eyes Were Watching God Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Janie like about the store?
(a) The independence she feels by running the store.
(b) That she gets to work with Joe.
(c) The people who visit her.
(d) The conversations on the porch.

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

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

5. Who does Janie compare Jody to in her speech?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) King Solomon.
(d) Logan Killicks.

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

7. What does Nanny do to avoid being whipped by the plantation Mistress?
(a) She runs away with the Master.
(b) She runs away into the woods with her baby.
(c) She calls the police.
(d) She kills the Mistress.

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

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

10. What does Joe buy from Mr. Eaton?
(a) A mule.
(b) 200 more acres of land.
(c) A house.
(d) A dress for Janie.

11. What does Janie keep waiting for after her marriage?
(a) To get a new dress.
(b) To move to another city.
(c) To have a baby.
(d) To fall in love with her husband.

12. What does Joe do to hurt Janie in Chapter 8?
(a) Tells the doctor not to tell her anything.
(b) Sells all of her clothes .
(c) Refuses food from her.
(d) Moves another woman into the house.

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

14. How did Janie's mother become pregnant with Janie?
(a) She was raped by the school teacher.
(b) Nanny sells her to a white man.
(c) She spent the night with a white man.
(d) She married a soldier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Janie realize she is not white?

2. How old do the neighbors think Janie is when she returns home in Chapter 1?

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

4. Why does the house have no roof?

5. What does Janie realize she feels for her grandmother?

(see the answer keys)

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