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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the two hundred dollars is left when Tea Cake returns home?
(a) 100 dollars.
(b) Twelve dollars.
(c) Nothing.
(d) All of it.

2. Who sends Pheoby to have a talk with Janie about Tea Cake?
(a) Matt Bonner.
(b) Dr. Lawrence.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Sam Watson.

3. When does Janie want to marry Tea Cake?
(a) Once she has a baby.
(b) At dawn.
(c) As soon as she can sell the store.
(d) As soon as Tea Cake gets a job.

4. What happens to Tea Cake as he and Janie are trying to get out of the water?
(a) A dog bites him on the cheek.
(b) Janie pushes him under water.
(c) A cow kicks him in the face.
(d) He gets swept away by the wind.

5. Who does Mrs. Turner want Janie to marry?
(a) A white man.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Tea Cake.

6. Who is Mrs. Turner?
(a) Janie's sister.
(b) The mayor's wife.
(c) Tea Cake's cousin.
(d) The owner of a restaurant in town.

7. Tea Cake tells Janie she is enough to make a man forget to _________. (Fill in the blank)
(a) Wake up in the morning.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Get old and die.
(d) Go to work.

8. What dessert do Tea Cake and Janie enjoy on the porch?
(a) Oranges and lemonade.
(b) Pound cake and lemonade.
(c) Milk and cookies.
(d) Ice cream and coffee.

9. After finishing her story, Janie tells Pheoby "Ah done been tuh de _________." (Fill in the blank)
(a) Best place.
(b) Whole world and back.
(c) Horizon.
(d) Depths of hell.

10. Why does Mrs. Turner like Janie?
(a) Because Janie has money.
(b) Because Janie is from Eatonville.
(c) Because Janie visits the restaurant every day.
(d) Because Janie is fair-skinned.

11. What does Janie take with her when she leaves?
(a) A photo of Tea Cake.
(b) Her blue dress.
(c) A pistol.
(d) The seeds Tea Cake wanted to plant.

12. What symbol returns in Chapter 11 as a feeling that Tea Cake awakens in Janie?
(a) The head rag.
(b) The pear blossom.
(c) The spittoon.
(d) The mule.

13. Who does Janie think of as a warning about what Tea Cake might do to her?
(a) Joe Starks.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Pheoby Watson.
(d) Annie Tyler.

14. Why don't the police make many arrests when the workers get drunk in town?
(a) They are too lazy.
(b) They are afraid of the blacks.
(c) There isn't enough jail space.
(d) They can't find anyone to arrest.

15. When is payday on the muck?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the people on the muck stay mad at Janie?

2. What does Tea Cake do when he returns to the store that melts Janie's decided coldness toward him?

3. What is Tea Cake's job?

4. What emotion overtakes Janie in Chapter 15?

5. When do the townspeople take notice of Janie's spending so much time with Tea Cake?

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