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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Logan want Janie to do while she is making breakfast?
(a) Help him move the manure pile.
(b) Help him shoe a horse.
(c) Bring him some water.
(d) Go into town for groceries.

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

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

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

6. What does everyone call the "boy" Janie left with?
(a) Rum Pan.
(b) Tea Cake.
(c) Baby Boy.
(d) Big Mouth.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Janie do instead of finishing breakfast?
(a) She helps Logan with some chores.
(b) She goes back to bed.
(c) She leaves to meet up with Joe and run away with him.
(d) She goes into town for groceries.

12. Whose house has no roof?
(a) Death's.
(b) Joe's.
(c) Pheoby's.
(d) Janie's.

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

14. What surprises Jody and Janie about Eatonville?
(a) That there are no blacks there.
(b) How many people live there.
(c) How large the town is.
(d) How small it is.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Janie get a doctor from?

2. Who is Janie's best friend?

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

4. What does Janie learn to do in Chapter 10?

5. Where is Joe Starks from?

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